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Question

Somebody worked two jobs one of them was mowing lawns for $8.50 per hour and the other job was working as a grocery clerk for $10 per hour last week she worked for 35 hours. How much money and how many hours she spent lawn mowing

Answer 1

We can let x represent the number of hours she spent mowing lawns and y represent the number of hours she spent as a clerk. Then we can write the following equation to represent the total number of hours she worked:

x + y =35

We can also write an equation to represent the total amount of money she earned using the rates and the variables that represent the hours worked:

8.50x + 10y = ?

You would need to know the total amount of money she earned from both jobs to complete this equation. Then you can solve two equations with two unknowns using substitution.