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Liza wants to have more than $750 in her

savings account before she will leave for college.
Right now she has $300, and she is going to
babysit to earn $12.00 an hour. How
many
hours
will Liza need to babysit before she leaves for
college? (Solve with an inequality)

1 Answer

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Answer: She will need a minimum of 38 hours, at 38 hours she will make 456, plus the 300 she already has, so that in total is 756.

Explanation:

750-300=450

450/12= 37.5

you can work for 37.5 hours so round to 38.

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