SOLUTION: Marcus is working at a local pizzeria where he makes $12.50 per hour and is also working at the university bookstore where he makes $9.50 per hour. He must make at least $300 per w

Question 974927: Marcus is working at a local pizzeria where he makes $12.50 per hour and is also working at the university bookstore where he makes $9.50 per hour. He must make at least $300 per week to cover his expenses but cannot work more than 30 hours per week in order to attend classes. Write a system of inequalities that models this situation where p represents the hours he works at the pizzeria and b represents the hours he works at the bookstore.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p for hours at Pizzeria, b for hours at Bookstore.

Restriction to 30 hours per week:

Account for income and needed money:

The system of equations which represents the situation.
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