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You can work no more than 20 hours next week. You need to earn at least $84 to cover your weekly expenses. Your tutoring job pays $6.50 per hour, and your job as a coffee shop barista pays $8 per hour. Set up a system of inequalities, and determine if doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a barista is a viable combination.

A. x+y≤20 and 6.5x+8y≥84
Doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a coffee shop barista is not a viable combination.
B.x+y≤20 and 6.5x+8y≤84
Doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a coffee shop barista is not a viable combination.
C.x+y≤20 and 6.5x+8y≥84
Doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a coffee shop barista is a viable combination.
D. x+y≤20 and 6.5x+8y≤84
Doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a coffee shop barista is a viable combination
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Answer:

x + y ≤20

6.5x + 8y ≥84

Explanation:

Doing 5 hours of tutoring and 8 hours of working as a coffee shop barista is not a viable combination..

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