Math problem help

Question

Maggie has a job working in an office for $10$10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $12$12 an hour. One week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. Her total income for that week is $416$416. How many hours did she spend at each job?

Answer 1

Let x = the number of hours spent driving the tractor

Then the number of hours spent in the office = 2x

For the total amount earned, we can write the following equation:

10*(2x) + 12x = 416

Solve for t: 32x = 416x = 13

So she drove the tractor for 13 hours and worked at the office for 26 hours.

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