SOLUTION: You plan to mow lawns and wash cars next week to earn money. You want to earn at least $150 doing both sets of jobs. You earn $15.00 an hour to mow lawns and $10.00 to wash cars.

Question 890466: You plan to mow lawns and wash cars next week to earn money. You want to earn at least $150 doing both sets of jobs. You earn $15.00 an hour to mow lawns and $10.00 to wash cars.
Write the equation
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let L be the number of lawns and C be the number of cars.
15L + 10C > 150
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For instance, maybe you wash ten cars and mow four lawns. Your equation would then be:
(15*4) + (10*10) > 150
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