A student's pay of $23 an hour at a new job is $6 more than twice the amount the student earned per hour at the internship.

Question

A student's pay of $23 an hour at a new job is $6 more than twice the amount the student earned per hour at the internship. What was her hourly pay at the internship.

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Answer 1

let i = internship job pay. Here's what we know:

2i + 6 = 23 (to get to the new job's wages, we need to take the original internship value, multiply it by 2, and then add 6 more)

 

Subtract 6 from both sides:

2i + 6 - 6 = 23 - 6

2i = 17

Divide both sides by 2, and you'll have your final answer.