A student earns $12 per hour for tutoring and $5 per hour as a teachers aid. Let x=the number of hours each week spent tutoring and y=the number of hours each week spent as a teacher’s aid

Question

Write the objective function that describes total weekly earnings

Answer 1

If T = no. tutoring hrs/wk and A = no. hrs/wk as a teacher's aid, then the total earnings/wk is the sum of the no. hrs/wk x hrly rate for each category.

Earnings/wk = 12T + 5A