Problema Solution

you can work at most 24 hours next week. You need to earn at least $100 dollars to cover your weekly expenses. your babysitting job pays $7 an hour and your grocery store pays $6.50 an hour. Set up a system of inequalities to describe the situation.

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let


b = the time spent babysitting, b>=0

s = the time working at the grocery store, s>=0


you can work at most 24 hours next week


b + s <=24


you need to earn at least $100 dollars to cover your weekly expenses


7*b + s*6.50 >= 100


the system of inequalities that describe the situation is


b + s <=24

7*b + s*6.50 >= 100