Andrew has two part time jobs. One pays $6 per hour and the other pays $10 per hour. He wants to make $366 per week. Write an equation in standard form that describes this situation. If he is only allowed to work 15 hours per week at the $10 per hour job, how many hours does he need to work per week in his $6 per hour job in order to achieve his goal?
How do you write out the answer cause i don"t understand hoe everything would be placed??

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Andrew has two part time jobs. One pays $6 per hour and the other pays $10 per hour. He wants to make $366 per week. Write an equation in standard form that describes this situation. If he is only allowed to work 15 hours per week at the $10 per hour job, how many hours does he need to work per week in his $6 per hour job in order to achieve his goal?
 How do you write out the answer cause i don"t understand hoe everything would be placed??

henrietepurina · Answer

6x + 10 * 15 = 366

anonymous · Answer

someone said that there would be a lot of wording to go with it, or is it just the problem?

henrietepurina · Answer

And the answer is 36 BTW

henrietepurina · Answer

I dont think its actually that hard!

anonymous · Answer

thank you

henrietepurina · Answer

You welcome

mathmale · Answer

@msumner:  You have a math problem involving TWO variables here.  Why not call them x and y?  

The amount Andrew earns from the $6/hour job is $$\frac{ $6 }{ 1~hr }x.$$If y represents the mount he earns from the other job, write a similar expression in y instead of in x.

anonymous · Answer

would 36 = x

mathmale · Answer

@msummer:  Please, if you want to understand this math problem, answer my question.  I don't think it would help you if I were to give you merely "yes" or "no" as an answer.

anonymous · Answer

im sorry im trying to understand

mathmale · Answer

Andrew's other job pays $10/hour.  So, his earnings at that job are$$\frac{ $10 }{1~hr }y$$where y is the number of hours he works there.

Add these two amounts together, please, and equate them to the $366 Andrew wants to earn.

acxbox22 · Answer

this does not require 2 variables
multiply 15 by 10=150
15 is # of hours at $10 job 
subtract 150 from 366 which equals 216
divide 216 by $6 job to find how many hours you work there to meet your goal
just like @HenrietePurina

anonymous · Answer

oh that makes sence so it =36

mathmale · Answer

@acxbox22:  Certainly that is true, but the approach I've advocated is more typical of more advanced algebra problems in which there are constraints to be satisfied.  Would you mind waiting until @msumner and I are finished with this approach before discussing yours?  I know you were trying to be helpful, but you have interrupted a discussion in midstream.

anonymous · Answer

I mean no disrespect but I understood @acxbox22 more then you, its not that you didn't explain it right it just he made more sense to me

acxbox22 · Answer

i was just trying to give msumner an easier approach, one which she can understand

anonymous · Answer

thank you both for your help

mathmale · Answer

Fine, so be it.  Let's not interrupt one another next time, all right?

acxbox22 · Answer

as you wish Moderator