Rashad works as a caterer. He gets a weekly fix amount of $50 and is paid $9 per hour. How many hours does he have to work to earn $158?

12 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

We can set up an equation to model the situation:

y = 9x + 50

Now, we can plug in 158 as y and then solve for x:

158 = 9x + 50

108 = 9x

12 = x

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