A waitress earns $2.01 an hour plus her tips. If the waitress made $62 in tips and her total pay for the night was $71.45, how many hours did she work to the nearest tenth of an hour?
A) 3.8 hours
B) 3.4hours
C) 4.9 hours
D) 4.7 hours

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To find the number of hours worked, subtract the total tips from the total pay to find the amount earned from the hourly wage, then divide by the hourly wage. Total pay - tips = hourly wage earnings: $71.45 - $62 = $9.45. Then, $9.45 / $2.01 = 4.7 hours.

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