Maggie has a job working in an office for $ 10 $10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $ 12 $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 $416. How many hours did she spend at each job?

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Gilberto Parks

Mathematics

20 July, 07:56

Maggie has a job working in an office for $ 10 $10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $ 12 $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 $416. How many hours did she spend at each job?

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Ethen Dyer · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let she works in driving tractor=x

working in office=2 x hrs

2x (10) + 12x=416

32x=416

x=416/32=13 hrs

she works in driving tractor=13 hrs.

she works in office=26 hrs.