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Cody worked 42.5 hours per week in july. this is 12.25 hours more per week than he worked in june.how many hours did cody work per week in june?

This week, conrad will work 1 3/4 times longer than last week. giovanni will work 1 1/3 times longer than last week. sally will work 2/3 the number of hours she worked last week. match each employee's name to the number of hours he or she will work this week

Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants