document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234601>Question 234601</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amy and Kim earned a total of $308 by working a total of 30 hours. If amy earns $8 an hour and kim earns $12 an hour.  How many hours did each work?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If someone could help turn this into an equation I would appreciate it. thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of hours that Amy worked.  Since they worked a total of 30 hours, Kim must have then worked <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 30\ -\ x\"> hours.  Amy was paid <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 8x\"> dollars for her work, and Kim was paid <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 12(30\ -\ x)\"> for her work.  Together they earned $308, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8x\ +\ 12(30\ -\ x)\ =\ 308\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could also have just said <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> is Amy's hours, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> is Kim's hours and then made a system of two 2-variable equations:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ y\ =\ 30\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8x\ +\ 12y\ =\ 308\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But once you start to solve it by substitution, you would end up with either\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8x\ +\ 12(30\ -\ x)\ =\ 308\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8(30\ -\ y)\ +\ 12y\ =\ 308\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "anyway.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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