Question

Marlon earned $8.50 per hour plus an additional $80 in tips waiting tables on Saturday. He earned at least $131 in all. If h represents the number of hours Marlon worked, which inequality represents the minimum number of hours, to the nearest hour, that Marlon worked on Saturday?

Question 1 options:

8h + 80 ≥131

80h + 8.50 ≥ 131

8.50h + 80 ≤ 131

80h + 8.50≤ 131

Answer 1

8.50h + 80 ≥131

Explanation:

The answer is not in the option

Step one:

given data:

we are told that the hourly earning= $8.50

then additional tip=$80

total earnings=$131.

Step two:

the linear function for the total earning is the same as the equation of a line

y=mx+c

where

y represents the total earning of $131

m represents the hourly earning= $8.50

x represents the number of hours h

c represents the tip of $80

The expression for the situation is modeled as

8.50h + 80 ≥131