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21. You need to work a total of 44 hours per week at your two jobs. Your job os a store clerk pays $5.50 an hour, and your job as a landscaper pays $6.00 an hour. You need to earn $250.00 per week to cover your expenses. Which system of equations shows the various numbers of hours you can work at each job. C is the number of hours worked as a clerk, while Lis the number of hours worked as a landscaper.

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In this problem you can work a maximun of 44 hour so the sum of C and L must be 44:


C+L=44

Now if you need to do 250 dollar then the equation will be C tiems the payment in C plus L time the payment in L so:


5.50C+6.00L=250

So the answer was A

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