You were 40 hours per week at a candy store and earn $7.50 per hour. you also earn $7.00 per hour babysitting and can work as many hours as you want. you want to earn $370 a week. how many hours must you babysit?

40 hours times 7.50$ equals 300$ from working at the candy store. subtract 370 and 300. youre left with 70 dollars you need to come up with. you get paid 7 dollars an hour from babysitting. 70 divided by 7 is ten. you babysit ten hours.

What are the options

Basic algebra equation. first set up your equation: divide out 9.and now you are left with 2x + 4 = 8.