Question

Isaiah is working two summer jobs, making $16 per hour tutoring and $10 per hour clearing tables. Isaiah must earn at least $110 this week. Write an inequality that would represent the possible values for the number of hours tutoring, tt, and the number of hours clearing tables, cc, that Isaiah can work in a given week.

Answer 1

16t + 10c > 110

Explanation:

Cost of tutoring per hour = $16

So, cost of tutoring t hours = $16t

Cost of clearing tables per hour = $10

So, cost of clearing tables c hours = $10c

Since, Isaiah must earn at least $110 this week.

Therefore, the required inequality will be given as:

16t + 10c > 110