Question

Maya needs $58 to go on a field trip. She has saved $18.50. She earns $6.50 per hour cleaning her neighbor's garden, and she earns $5.25 per hour selling cakes at a store. Can Maya go on the field trip if she works at the garden for 3 hours and at the store for 4 hours?

[Use the inequality 6.50x + 5.25y + 18.50 ≥ 58]
Yes, because the total will be $62
Yes, because the total will be $59
No, because the total will be $52
No, because the total will be $49

Answer 1

Yes, she can go on the feild trip because she has 59 dollars.

Answer 2

• Yes, because the total will be $59.

Explanation:

It is given that:

Maya needs $58 to go on a field trip.

Also,

• She has saved $18.50.

• She earns $6.50 per hour cleaning her neighbor's garden.

and she worked at the garden for 3 hours.

This means that the money she earned for working at garden is: $ (6.50×3)

= $ 19.5

• She earns $5.25 per hour selling cakes at a store.

She worked there for 4 hours.

This means that the amount she earned at a store= $ (5.25×4)

= $ 21

• So, the total amount she has is calculated as:

Total amount=Amount she has saved+Amount she earned by working at garden+Amount she earned at the store

i.e.

Total amount= 18.50+19.5+21

i.e.

Total amount=$ 59