You have a job babysitting after school that pays $7.25 per hour. You earn twice as much per hour working as a library assistant. You have time to work at most 20 hours per week, and you must work at least 5 hours at the library each week. How many hours can you babysit and work in the library?

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Dennis Duran

Mathematics

21 May, 00:15

You have a job babysitting after school that pays $7.25 per hour. You earn twice as much per hour working as a library assistant. You have time to work at most 20 hours per week, and you must work at least 5 hours at the library each week. How many hours can you babysit and work in the library?

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Nathaly · Answer 1

Pay for babysitting = $7.25 per hour. Pay for being library assistant is twice = 2 x 7.25 = $14.50 Limit of working hours per week = 20 Least hrs to be worked at Library is 5. There few possiblities of working hours between the two jobs Library assistant 5 Babysitting 15; Library assistant 6 Babysitting 14; Library assistant 7 Babysitting 13; Library assistant 8 Babysitting 12; Library assistant 9 Babysitting 11; Library assistant 10 Babysitting 10; Library assistant 11 Babysitting 9; Library assistant 12 Babysitting 8; Library assistant 13 Babysitting 7; Library assistant 14 Babysitting 6; Library assistant 15 Babysitting 5; Library assistant 16 Babysitting 4; Library assistant 17 Babysitting 3; Library assistant 18 Babysitting 2; Library assistant 19 Babysitting 1; Library assistant 20 Babysitting 0.