Question

For your summer babysitting jobs you have 10 weeks to work before your family vacation and before you return to school in the fall. You are planning on earning and saving at least $1500 for your future car. Mrs. Harris is paying you $8.00 an hour to babysit during the day and Mrs. Sanchez is paying you $6.00 per hour to babysit her child in the evening.
• Let x = the number of hours you babysit for Mrs. Harris
• Let y = the number of hours you babysit for Mrs. Sanchez
1. Write an inequality describing the number of hours you want to work each week to reach your summer goal of at least $1500. Remember you have 10 weeks to work. How much do you want to average per week?

Answer 1

Dang I want that babysitting job

Answer 2

the answer is 8x+6y>=150. you just divide 1500 by 10 so you want to make at least 150 per week