SOLUTION: suppose you have a job mowing lawns that pays $12 per hour. You also have a job at a clothing store that pays $10 per hour. You need to earn at least $350 per week, but you can wor

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Question 1064754: suppose you have a job mowing lawns that pays $12 per hour. You also have a job at a clothing store that pays $10 per hour. You need to earn at least $350 per week, but you can work no more than 35 hours per week. You must work a minimum of 10 hours per week at the clothing store. What is a graph showing how many hours per week you can work at each job?

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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suppose you have a job mowing lawns that pays $12 per hour. You also have a job at a clothing store that pays $10 per hour.
You need to earn at least $350 per week, but you can work no more than 35 hours per week. You must work a minimum of
10 hours per week at the clothing store. What is a graph showing how many hours per week you can work at each job?
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If the goal is to make $350 per week, working not more than 35 hours,
then one possible solution is to work 35 hours per week at the clothing store receiving $10 per hour.


All the conditions/requirements will be satisfied.


If the goal is different, then it MUST be formulated in the problem.


Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, hours mowing lawns
y, hours at clothing store


Taking the description making the three inequalities and simplifying the system gives a system system%28y%3E=-%286%2F5%29x%2B35%2Cy%3C=-x%2B35%2Cy%3E=10%29.

If you graph this system, you will find a long narrow region for the solution set.

Just the reference lines without filling in for any inequalities:
graph%28400%2C400%2C-2%2C36%2C-2%2C36%2C-6x%2F5%2B35%2C-x%2B35%2C10%29
The long narrow triangle and its interior is your solution region.