Question

meghan wants to go to prem. the dress she wants cost her 78.99, the shoes are 32.50 the tickets are $25 and the dinner will be $50 .meghan babysitdms and has put $52 in savings so far she earns $12/hour babysitting meghan would like to have some money left over in her savings after she pays for everything ​

Answer 1

Meghan should babysit for 12 hours

Explanation:

Meghan is soon going to have to spend $78.99 on a dress, $32.50 on shoes, $25 for the ticket and $50 for dinner.

Meghan already has $52 from her savings to spend. She earns money from babysitting at $12 each hour.

Let the number of hours Meghan babysits be denoted by
`x`.

From
`x` hours of babysitting, Meghan earns $(
`x*12`).

So, her total earnings sum up to
`12x+52`. This should be greater than total spendings.

`12x+52\geq 78.99+32.50+25+50\\12x\geq 134.49\\x\geq 11.208`

So, Meghan must work for 12 hours so she has something left after spendings.

∴ Meghan must babysit for 12 hours.