Josh works as a tutor for 11$ an hour and a waiter for 15$ an hour. This month he worked 106 hours. What expression solves this?

Mathematics

1 answer:

coldgirl [10]3 years ago

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Answer: -4t + 1590

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Josh works as a tutor for $11 an hour and as a waiter for $15 an hour.

This month, he worked a combined total of 106 hours at his two jobs.

Let t be the number of hours Josh worked as a tutor this month.

Then, the number of hours Josh worked as a waiter = 106 -t

Then, the total money earned this month ( in dollars)

= 11 (No. of hours worked as a tutor)+ 15 (No. of hours worked as a waiter)

=11(t) + 15(106-t)

= 11t+1590-15t

= -4t+1590

Hence, the expression for the combined total dollar amount he earned this month =

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