Paul has a job raking leaves for a neighbor. He makes $7.70 an hour, plus $.45 for each bag he fills. Last Saturday he worked five hours and made a total of $39.85. How many bags of leaves did he fill?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-29T14:25:29

He filled #3# bags of leaves.

We can answer this question by forming an equation.

Let the number of bags be #x#.

Paul is paid #$0.45# for each bag.

So the money from the bags, plus the hourly rate adds up #$39.85#

#0.45x +5 xx 7.70 = 39.85#

#0.45x +38.50 = 39.85#

#0.45x = 39.85-38.50#

#0.45x = 1.35#

#x = 1.35/0.45#

#x =3#