SOLUTION: Bens contract states that he must work more than 10 hours per week. The graph below represents the number of hours he can work in a week. (There is a number line from 2 to 30 and t

Question 1039649: Bens contract states that he must work more than 10 hours per week. The graph below represents the number of hours he can work in a week. (There is a number line from 2 to 30 and there is an open circle on 10 with an arrow going to the right)
A. Write an agelbraic inequality resp resenting the number of hours, h, Ben can work in a week.
B. Ben gets paid $12.50 per hour in addition to a weekly fee of $50. This week he wants to earn more than $300. Write an inequality to represent this situation.
C. Solve the inequality you wrote in part B. Explain what the solution represents for Ben.
For A I got h>10
B: 12.50h + 50>300
C: h>20 This solution represents Ben must work more than 20 hours to make more than $300.
Are my answers correct? If not, please explain what I have to do in order to get this right. This summer work is graded as a test grade!
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Bens contract states that he must work more than 10 hours per week. The graph below represents the number of hours he can work in a week. (There is a number line from 2 to 30 and there is an open circle on 10 with an arrow going to the right)
A. Write an agelbraic inequality resp resenting the number of hours, h, Ben can work in a week.
B. Ben gets paid $12.50 per hour in addition to a weekly fee of $50. This week he wants to earn more than $300. Write an inequality to represent this situation.
C. Solve the inequality you wrote in part B. Explain what the solution represents for Ben.
For A I got h>10
B: 12.50h + 50>300
C: h>20 This solution represents Ben must work more than 20 hours to make more than $300.
Are my answers correct? If not, please explain what I have to do in order to get this right. This summer work is graded as a test grade!

All your answers are correct! Great work!! Keep it up! 

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