At competing grocery stores, bananas are 80 cents a pound at the first store and 85 cents a pound at the second store. Apples ar
e 3 dollars a pound at the first store and 2.50 dollars a pound at the second store. Suppose you buy x pounds of bananas and y pounds of apples at each store. You end up spending 10 dollars at the first store and 12 dollars at the second store.
Which system of equations represents the amount of money you spend on bananas and apples at each store?
If you divide the amount $60.20 (60.20) by 5 (amount of hours), you can find out the amount of money Andrew gets paid in dollars per hour. The quotient is 12.04, $12.04. Therefore, Andrew is payed $12.04 per hour.
