SOLUTION: maggie has a job working in an office for $10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $12 an hour. one week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. h

Question 640828: maggie has a job working in an office for $10 an hour and another job driving a tractor for $12 an hour. one week she works in the office twice as long as she drives the tractor. her total income for that week is $416. how many hours did she spend at each job?
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t = the number of hrs spent driving the tractor
Then the number of hrs spent in the office = 2t
We can write the following equation for the total amount earned:
10*(2t) + 12t = 416
Solve for t:
32t = 416
t = 13
So she spent 13 hrs driving the tractor, 26 hrs in the office
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