SOLUTION: Eleanor is working her way through school. She works two part-time jobs for a total of 25 hours a week. Job A pays $6.50 per hour, and Job B pays $7.30 per hour. How many hours
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Question 1030281: Eleanor is working her way through school. She works two part-time jobs for a total of 25 hours a week. Job A pays $6.50 per hour, and Job B pays $7.30 per hour. How many hours did she work at each job the week that she made $168.90. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = hours she worked at job A
Let = hours she worked at job B
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
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She worked 17 hrs at job A
She worked 8 hrs at job B
