Sunny earns $12 per hour delivering cakes. She worked for x hours this week. Unfortunately, she was charged $15 for a late delivery on Tuesday. How much money did Sunny earn this week? Write your answer as an expression.$□
Q. Sunny earns $12 per hour delivering cakes. She worked for x hours this week. Unfortunately, she was charged $15 for a late delivery on Tuesday. How much money did Sunny earn this week? Write your answer as an expression.$□
Calculate total earnings: Sunny earns $12 per hour and worked x hours, so her total earnings are 12×x dollars.
Subtract late delivery charge: She was charged $15 for a late delivery, so we need to subtract that from her total earnings.
Final expression for earnings: The expression for Sunny's earnings this week is 12×x−15 dollars.
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