Question

Answer the following questions showing all your work. You are trying to save up money by working in the summer. You have been able to secure two part time jobs. a. Your first job is to babysit a couple of times a week. You charge a flat fee of $10 for transportation back and forth to the house plus $5.50 per hour. Let t be the time in hours that you babysit. Write an algebraic expression to define the amount of money you will make for t hours of work. b. You also work at a local coffee shop in the mornings. You are paid $10 per hour. Write an algebraic expression to define the amount of money you will make for t hours of work. c. Write an algebraic expression for how much money will you will make for both jobs together.

Answer 1

Let’s use the variable p for the total amount of money you make.
First off, p= 5.5t + 10 for the babysitting job. Technically, that is all the work you can possibly have.
Secondly, p= 10h for the coffee shop job, with h being a separate amount of time than the variable t due to the fact that the are attributed to different jobs.
Lastly, p= 5.5t + 10h + 10 for both jobs during the entire day, with the hours worked being applied separately from each job.
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