Making practice 14 integers and rational numbers

Ascientist wants to use a model to present the results of his detailed scientific investigation. why would a model be useful? a )because the model makes the concepts easier to understand b) because the model is easy to put together and to use c) because the model prevents other scientists from asking questions d) because the model requires the audience to pay full attention to it i don't know what to choose because between a and d a is much more likely than d because it only wants to get the attention of the audience. i'm confuse.

I’m stuck on this equation, anyone got the answer?

Write an expression that represent sarah’s total pay last week. represent her hourly wage with w monday 5 tuesday 3 wednesday 0 noah hours wednesday 8 only with w wage did noah and sarah earn the same amount last week?