Melissa has a total of $250 in her savigns account. She started with $110 and then earned the rest of her savings by babysitting. Melissa charges $7 per hour. Write an equation to represent the situation and determine the number of hours (h) she babysat last week.

Number of hours= 20 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Net savings (babysitting)= 250 - 110= $140

Rate per hour= $7

To calculate the number of hours that Melissa worked as a babysitter, we need to use the following formula:

Number of hours= net savings / rate per hour

Number of hours= 140 / 7

Number of hours= 20 hours

$53.50

step-by-step explanation:

you have to subtract the amount of money chuck earned ($72.50) by the cost of the gas for the mower ($11.25) and the new string for the trimmer he bought ($7.75).

72.50-11.25=61.25

and then subtract $61.25 by the second thing he bought (the new string for the trimmer)

61.25-7.75=53.5

so in total it's $53.50 (53 dollars and 50 cents)