Question

[50 pts] Zeke is a cook at Maxine’s Café after school and earns $12.75 per hour. Zeke worked a lot hours this week and charged $17.90 in meals. After paying for meals, Zeke’s earnings were less than $240. Which inequalities can be used to find h, the maximum number of hours that Zeke could have worked this week? (choose 2)

A 240 > 12.75h + 17.90

B 240 > 12.75h – 17.90

C 12.75h – 17.90 < 240

D 12.75h – 17.90 < 240

E 17.90 – 12.75h < 240

Answer 1

C 12.75h – 17.90 < 240

Explanation:

Answer 2

• 240 > 12.75h – 17.90
• 12.75h – 17.90 < 240

Explanation:

Zeke's earnings are:

• 12.75h - 17.90

This amount is less than 240.

This can be shown as:

• 12.75h - 17.90 < 240 or
• 240 > 12.75h - 17.90

The matching choices are B, C and D (note C and D are given same, must be a typo)