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In order to earn the money to buy a car, you will need to start a job. You have two options and should decide which job to take.

1. You can either work in your dad’s office after school at $8/hr or work in a restaurant at $5.50/hour plus about 60% of your salary in tips. Your dad’s boss really needs the help, so as an incentive, he offers you $10 each week to cover transportation costs. Assuming that you work 15 hours per week at each job, in which job will you earn the most money? Define your variables, and write an
equation to represent each situation. (Hint: your variables should represent the amount earned and the amount of time you work)*. Show all of your work.


2. What if you decide you would like to work more hours? Your dad’s office can raise your hours to 20, but the restaurant can only raise your hours to 18? At which job would you make the most money per week? Show all of your calculations.


3. Which job would you choose? Explain your

Sagot :

If I can work 15 hours, I would make more money at the restaurant.

If I can work more hours, I would make more money at my dad's office.

The job I would choose is the job at my dad's office. This is because I would earn more money at this job.

Amount earned at the dad's office

The amount of money I would earn at my dad's office can be determined by multiplying the pay per hour by the total number of hours I work.

Amount that would be earned at my dad's office = fixed earnings + variable earnings

$10 + ( $8 x 15) = $130.

Amount earned at the restaurant

The amount of money I would earn at the restaurant, can be represented with this equation: ($5.50 x 15) + [0.6 x ($5.50 x 15)]

$82.50 + $49.50 = $132

Amount earned if I work extra hours

Amount I would earn  at my dad's office if I work for 20 hours = (20 x $8) + $10 = $170

The amount of money I would earn at the restaurant if I work for 18 hours = ($5.50 x 18) + [0.6 x ($5.50 x 18)]

= $99 + $59.40 = $158.40

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