Question

During the summer, you work 30 hours per week at a gas station and earn 7.75 per hour. You also work as a landscaper for $11.00 per hour and can work as many hours you want You want to earn a total of $348 per week. How many hours per week must you work at the landscaping job.

Answer 1

By working 30 hours per week at a gas station you will earn 30*7.75 = $232.5 per week.

Then, if you want to earn $348 per week, you must earn 348 - 232.5 = $115.5 as a landscaper.

Therefore, you will need to work 115.5/11 = 10.5 hours per week as a landscaper.