A student with two summer jobs earns $10 per hour at a cafe and $8 per hour at a market. The student would like to earn $800 per month. Write and graph an inequality to represent the situation. The student works at the market for 60 h per month can work at most 90 h per month. Can the student earn at least $800 each month? Explain how you can use your graph to determine this.

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danjs · Answer

800 <= 10*c + 8*m

c= hours at cafe
m=hours at market

danjs · Answer

$$800 \le 10c + 8m$$

danjs · Answer

Let m = 60 and
     c = 30

Is that greater or equal to 800 dollars?