Suppose you are working at mcdonalds for $10 per hour and you are also working at a bookstore for $8. Write an equation that will tell you how many hours you need at each job to get $220

Question

suppose you are going to a trip and you need $220

Answer 1

Let hours from McDonald's be M and hours from the bookstore be B:

We know the hours must total 220. Therefore, we will multiply the hourly wages by their respective variables to form the following equation:

220 = 10M + 8B