Working her way through school, Kathy works two part-time jobs for a total of 23 hours a week. Job A pays $5.80 per hour, and Job B pays $7.30 per hour. How many hours did she work at each job the week that she made $148.40? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
Let number of hours she worked for the $5.80 per-hour job be F
Then the number of hours she worked for the $7.30 per-hour job = 23 - F
We then get: 5.8F + 7.3(23 - F) = 148.4
5.8F + 167.9 - 7.3F = 148.4
5.8F - 7.3F = 148.4 - 167.9
- 1.5F = - 19.5
Number of hours she worked for the $5.80 per-hour job, or
Do you think you can now find the number of hours for the other job?