The easiest place to place the parabolas are at the origin or (0, 0). So, the parabolas are going to have an equation similar to y = x^2. The line that crosses the same vertex of the 2 parabolas is going to be y = 0 because both of the parabolas vertex is going to be at (0, 0).
This is a "rate of pay" problem. The amount earned is equal to the (rate of pay) times the (number of hours worked).
Let the income be represented by "i". Then the formula is i = ($10.91/hour)*w, where w is the number of hours worked and has the unit of measurement "hours."