To earn extra money, martin works part-time in a butcher's shop. in a particular week during the school holidays he worked twice as many hours on tuesday as he did on monday but only 3/4 the hours on wednesday compared to monday. for these 3 days he received $127.50. if he is paid $8.50 per hour, how many hours did martin work on monday?

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Tony

17 December, 07:19

To earn extra money, martin works part-time in a butcher's shop. in a particular week during the school holidays he worked twice as many hours on tuesday as he did on monday but only 3/4 the hours on wednesday compared to monday. for these 3 days he received $127.50. if he is paid $8.50 per hour, how many hours did martin work on monday?

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Roselyn Cummings · Answer 1

X = monday

2x = tuesday

3/4 x = wednesday

8.50x + 8.5 (2x) + 8.5 (3/4x) = 127.50

8.50x + 17x + 6.375x = 127.50

31.875x = 127.50

x = 127.50 / 31.875

x = 4

Martin worked for 4 hours on Monday.