Question

Beatrice decides she wants to babysit a few children at the same time to earn the money faster. She tells parents that if they allow her to babysit their children at her house, she will eliminate her automatic $5 tip and will give them an additional $5 discount.

Write an equation showing the total cost for each client. Identify all variables.

Four parents bring their children to Beatrice’s house at the same time for babysitting. Beatrice wants to find out how many hours she must babysit the 4 children to earn exactly the $100 she needs in order to buy the present for her mother. Write and solve an equation to find the number of hours. Justify each step in the solution.

One parent decides not to drop off her child. The remaining 3 parents drop their children off at 9 a.m. Two of the parents say they will be back at 1 p.m. The third parent says she will pick up her child at 2 p.m. At noon, Beatrice realizes she needs help feeding the 3 children at the same time. She tells her little sister that she will pay her if she helps feed the children. How much can Beatrice pay her little sister and still make sure she has enough money to buy her mother a $100 present? Show your work and justify your answer.

Answer 1

What have you formulated so far?
Here's something for a start:
Set your variables:
x=hours
y=# of children
z=charge per hour per child
So part a is to set up an equation:
Total charged= z*x*y-10
We are subtracting 10 because a $5.00 was eliminated along with a $5.00 discount.
Using this equation:
Total charged= z*x*y-10

Give the variables a number value and see if you can solve it. Let me know if you require further guidance! :-)