Question

Aaliyah is working two summer jobs, making $7 per hour walking dogs and making $10 per hour tutoring. In a given week, she can work no more than 17 total hours and must earn no less than $140. Also, she must work at least 2 hours walking dogs and at most 13 hours tutoring. If xx represents the number of hours walking dogs and yy represents the number of hours tutoring, write and solve a system of inequalities graphically and determine one possible solution.

Answer 1

140 >/ 7x + 10y (read as 140 is greater than or equal to 7x plus 10y)

x + y /< 17 - to represent the number of hours she can work

she will work at least 10 hours walking dogs and at least 7 tutoring

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