Question

Harper is working two summer jobs, making $12 per hour babysitting and $8 per hour landscaping. Harper must earn no less than $140 this week. Write an inequality that would represent the possible values for the number of hours babysitting, bb, and the number of hours landscaping, ll, that Harper can work in a given week.

Answer 1

12B + 8L ≤ 140

Explanation:

B = number of hours babysitting.

L = number of hours landscaping.

Harper must earn no less that $140, so the amount Harper must eqrn is greater than or equal to 140.

Amount earned from babysitting at $12/hour = 12B

Amount earned from landscaping at $8/hour = 8L

Total amount earned = 12B + 8L

Inequality:

12B + 8L ≤ 140