Your profit for mowing lawns this week is $24. you are paid $8 per hour and you paid $40 for gas for the lawn mower. how many hours did you work this week?

Three numbers x, y, and z are in the ratio 2: 7: 8. if 12 is subtracted from y, then three numbers form a geometric sequence (in the order x, y–12, z). find x, y, and z. there are 2 sets.