Question

.Daniella has two jobs. She earns $7 per hour babysitting her neighbor's children and she earns $12 per hour working at the coffee shop. Write an inequality to represent the number of hours babysitting (x) and the number of hours working at the coffee shop (y) that Daniella will need to work to earn at least $200.

Answer 1

The inequality to represent this scenario is given as:

7x + 12y ≥ 200

Explanation:

From the question:

Daniella has two jobs. She earns $7 per hour babysitting her neighbor's children and she earns $12 per hour working at the coffee shop.

Let:

The number of hours babysitting = (x) The number of hours working at the coffee shop= (y)

We are told in the question that:

Daniella will need to work to earn at least $200.

At least means equal to or greater than

Hence,

The inequality to represent this scenario is given as:

$7 × x + $12 × y ≥ $200

7x + 12y ≥ 200