SOLUTION: Jeanne babysits for $7 per hour. She also works as a tutor for $9 per hour. She is only allowed to work for 18 per week. She wants to make at least $65. Let x be the hours babysitt

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Question 1109018: Jeanne babysits for $7 per hour. She also works as a tutor for $9 per hour. She is only allowed to work for 18 per week. She wants to make at least $65. Let x be the hours babysitting and let y be the hoursworked tutoring
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7x+9y>=65 is the equation

To see which side of the line is the solution set, put in the coordinates for the origin to see. When both x and y are 0, the equation doesn't work, so it is above the line in the first quadrant.

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