SOLUTION: jonathan wants to enroll two cousins in a vocational school. the tuition fee for each is 2,300. he now has 2,140. as a server in a fast food chain, he gets 60 per hour. at least ho

Question 1194038: jonathan wants to enroll two cousins in a vocational school. the tuition fee for each is 2,300. he now has 2,140. as a server in a fast food chain, he gets 60 per hour. at least how many hours does he need to work to raise the needed amount??
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You forgot about taxes on what he earns.
Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Calculate his shortage of money, which is 2*2300 - 2140 = 2460 monetary units. Then divide it by 60 to find the hours to work = 41 hours. The number 41 is your ANSWER. This simple problem is Arithmetic - not even Algebra.

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