Question

She worked a total of 15 hours. If she makes $15 per hour tutoring and $9 per hour at the grocery store and made a total of $159 how many hours did she work at the grocery store

Answer 1

11 hours she worked at the grocery store

Explanation:

assuming,

the number of hours worked at tutoring = x

the number of hours worked at grocery store = y

which means,

the amount she made at tutoring = x* $15

the amount she made at grocery store = y*$9

we have 2 equations

total number of hours

1) x+y= 15

total amount she earned

2) x* $15+ y* $9= $159

From equation 1

x+y= 15

x=15-y

we replace this x value in equation 2

x* $15+ y* $9= $159

(15-y)* $15+ y* $9= $159

(15*15)- 15y+9y=159

225-6y=159

225-159=6y

66=6y

66/6=y

11=y the number of hours she worked at grocery store.

we place y=11 in our derived x equation

x=15-y

x=15-11

x=4 the number of hours she worked at tutoring.