SOLUTION: Write an inequality and solve Samuel makes twice as much per hour as Kathy, but Kathy works three times as many hours per week as Samuel. Kathy works 36 hr, and the sum of their

Question 997206: Write an inequality and solve
Samuel makes twice as much per hour as Kathy, but Kathy works three times as many hours per week as Samuel. Kathy works 36 hr, and the sum of their wages exceeds $480. How much does each of them make per hour?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s, hours for Samuel
x, rate for Samuel
k, hours for Kathy
y, rate for Kathy

Sum of their wages:

---------the sum of their wages.

Referring to the system was necessary for some of those steps.

Now, .
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