Question

1. Priya is trying to decide which babysitting job she should take. She can make 6 dollars an hour

at Job A. Job B is offering her 4 dollars an hour but includes a bonus and will pay 10 dollars for
the first hour (and then 4 dollars each additional hour) (3 points)
a. Fill in the table to show how much money she makes for each job
1
3
4
5
6
Hours
Job A
Job B
2
12
22
b. At what point will she make the same amount of money?
c. What advice would you give Priya on which babysitting job to take?

Answer 1

a. Job A 1. 6 2.12 3.18 4.24 5.30 6.36 Job B 1. 10 2. 14 3.18 4.22 5.26 6.30

b. she will make the same amount of money at 3 hours.

c. Priya should take the first job ( Job A), because even with the 6 dollar bonus for the first hour, the second job (Job B) would be paying less money after 3 hours.

Explanation: