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. $\newline$ How much money did Sunny earn this week? $\newline$ Write your answer as an expression. $\newline$ $\$$

Full solution

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.

\newline

How much money did Sunny earn this week?

\newline

Write your answer as an expression.

\newline

\$

Calculate Sunny's Earnings: Calculate Sunny's earnings for the hours worked. $\newline$ Sunny earns $\$12$ per hour and worked for $x$ hours. $\newline$ Earnings from hours worked = $\$12 \times x$
Subtract Late Delivery Charge: Subtract the late delivery charge from Sunny's earnings. Sunny was charged $\$15$ for a late delivery. Total earnings after the charge = $(\$12 \times x) - \$15$