A hair salon owner needs to have at least 7 total employees including stylists, s , and assistants, a . The stylists charge $40 per hour, and the assistants charge $25 per hour. Each hour needs to have at least $270 in billing. The owner wrote the following system to try to find the best number of employees where s is the number of stylists and a is the number of assistants.

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anonymous · Answer

$$s+a \ge7 $$

anonymous · Answer

$$25s+40a \ge270$$

austinl · Answer

I think you have the prices swapped.

anonymous · Answer

A     The inequality sign should be reversed in the first inequality.  
    B     The inequality sign should be reversed in the second inequality.  
    C     The operation should be subtraction in the first inequality.  
    D     The coefficients should be switched in the second inequality 
i have to choose one of this

austinl · Answer

Take another look at your second inequality.

austinl · Answer

What do you think?

austinl · Answer

"The stylists charge $40 per hour, and the assistants charge $25 per hour."

Now look at your second inequality, something look off?

anonymous · Answer

i think it's A

austinl · Answer

You need to have at least 7 stylists and assistants (s+a).

That needs to be at least, so greater than or equal to.

$s+a\ge7$

austinl · Answer

What is the price of a stylist?
What is the price of an assistant?

What values are given for each in the second inequality? Are they correct?

anonymous · Answer

so!!! it's A ya

austinl · Answer

No.

austinl · Answer

You aren't doing what I am asking, if you go through that little list, the correct answer is glaringly obvious.

anonymous · Answer

i'm not understsnd

anonymous · Answer

really can u tell me the littter

austinl · Answer

Go back and look at the prices given for each employee.

$\color{red}{\text{The stylists charge 40 per hour, and the assistants charge 25 per hour}}$

Now look at the inequality for price per hour.

$\color{blue}{25s+40a≥270}$

Now, does this seem to fit?

anonymous · Answer

i know but i need u tell me what litter it can fitted

austinl · Answer

I'm done, I have explained this as absolutely clearly as I can. If you don't understand what is going on with this problem and don't recognize the incongruities... And I don't just give answers.

anonymous · Answer

know pls help me because i'm not understand this

anonymous · Answer

i need help pls