SOLUTION: If maggie has $9 and she earns $8 an hour at work using system of linear equations m=6h+15 m=8h+9 How many hours of work until she has $51?

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Question 1012902: If maggie has $9 and she earns $8 an hour at work using system of linear equations m=6h+15
m=8h+9
How many hours of work until she has $51?

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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If she has 15 and makes 6/hr:
6h+15 = 51
6h = 36
h = 6 it will take her 6 work hours to have 51
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If she has 9 and makes 8/hr
8h+9 = 51
8h = 42
h = 5.25 hours and .25*60= 15 minutes, so she has to work 5 hours and 15 minutes to have 51