SOLUTION: Emily is a tutor. She tutors English and Math. An hour of English cost $22 and an hour of Math is $40. Renee's dad hired her for 11 hours and paid $368. Write a system of equation
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Question 1005595: Emily is a tutor. She tutors English and Math. An hour of English cost $22 and an hour of Math is $40. Renee's dad hired her for 11 hours and paid $368. Write a system of equations and solve it.
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Renee's dad hired her for hours and paid $.
let the number hours of English be and the number hours of Math be
if Renee's dad hired tutor for hours, then
.......eq.1
if an hour of English cost $ and an hour of Math is $, and Renee paid $, we have
..........eq.2
solve the system:
.......eq.1 .............both sides multiply by ..........eq.2
----------------------------------- .......eq.1 ..........eq.2
-----------------------------------..............subtract eq.1 from eq.2
now find
.......eq.1
Renee's dad paid $ for English and $ for Math which make total of $
