Question

Kaitlin works as a tutor for
$15
an hour and as a waitress for
$12
an hour. This month, she worked a combined total of
85
hours at her two jobs.
Let
t
be the number of hours Kaitlin worked as a tutor this month. Write an expression for the combined total dollar amount she earned this month.

Answer 1

I'm thinking 2(15x + 12) =85

Answer 2

Tutor :
each hour she gets \(\$15\)
she worked for \(t\) hours
so she gets \(15*t\) dollars

Answer 3

let \(w\) be the number of hours she worked as waitress
can you write an expression for the dollars she get as waitress ?

Answer 4

12w for waitress hours

Answer 5

Yes, so the expression for total money she gets by working as tutor and waitress is
\(15t+12w\)

Answer 6

simply set that equal to \(85\)

Answer 7

15t+12W=85 is the answer

Answer 8

Looks good!

Answer 9

thank you