SOLUTION: A student on a basketball team plans to raise $300 for her team by doing odd jobs for people in her neighborhood.She will charge $8 per hour. part a write an expression that can

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Question 949543: A student on a basketball team plans to raise $300 for her team by doing odd jobs for people in her neighborhood.She will charge $8 per hour.
part a
write an expression that can be used to calculate how much more money she will still have to earn after working h hours.
part b
using the expression from part a, calculate how much money the students need to raise after working 30 hours.

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Part A
h=hours worked; X=amount remaining to be earned
X=$300-$8h ANSWER
Part B
h=30 hours
X=$300-$8(30)
X=$300-$240=$60 ANSWER After 30 hours work, the students have $60 remaining to earn.