You work as a cashier for a bookstore and earn$6 per hour. You also baby sit and earn $6 per hour. You want to earn at least $60 per week, but would like to work no more than 12 hours per week?
system of inequailites

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You work as a cashier for a bookstore and earn$6 per hour. You also baby sit and earn $6 per hour. You want to earn at least $60 per week, but would like to work no more than 12 hours per week?
system of inequailites

anonymous · Answer

Let x= hours at the bookstore and y= hours of babysitting
$$x + y \le 12$$
$$6x + 6y \ge 60$$
$$x > 0$$
$$y > 0$$
The maximum you could earn is $72, if you worked 6 hours at the bookstore and did 6 hours of babysitting a week.

anonymous · Answer

thank you so much!
that helped alot. 
:)

anonymous · Answer

Anytime :)