Maggie has a job working in an office for 10$ an hour & another job driving a tractor for 12$ an hour. one week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. Her total income for that week is 416$. how many hours did she spend at each job

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Callie Long

Mathematics

7 January, 14:01

Maggie has a job working in an office for 10$ an hour & another job driving a tractor for 12$ an hour. one week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. Her total income for that week is 416$. how many hours did she spend at each job

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Malachi · Answer 1

Let t = the number of hrs spent driving the tractor

Then the number of hrs spent in the office = 2t

We can write the following equation for the total amount earned:

10 * (2t) + 12t = 416

Solve for t:

32t = 416

t = 13

So she spent 13 hrs driving the tractor, 26 hrs in the office