Question

Luke has two summer jobs. During the week he works in the grocery store, and on theweekend he works at a nursery. He gets paid $16 per hour to work at the grocerystore and $22 per hour to work at the nursery. How much does he earn if he works 5hours at the grocery store and 8 hours at the nursery? How much does he earn if heworks g hours at the grocery store and n hours at the nursery?

Answer 1

If Luke gets paid $16 per hour to work at the grocery store and $22 per hour to work at the nursery, then if he works 5 hours at the grocery store and 8 hours at the nursery he gets:

earnings at the grocery store + earnings at the nursery =

($16 x 5) + ($22 x 8) = $80 + $176 = $256.

Then the correct answer is: if he works 5 hours at the grocery store and 8 hours at the nursery he gets $256.

Following this order of ideas, we can say that if he works g hours at the grocery store and n hours at the nursery then he gets:

earnings at the grocery store + earnings at the nursery =

($16 x g) + ($22 x n) = $(16g + 22n)

Then the correct answer is: if he works g hours at the grocery store and n hours at the nursery he gets $(16g + 22n)