SOLUTION: You are considering two job offers. The first job pays $15.50 per hour. The second job pays $10.00 per hour plus $0.50 per unit produced per hour. Write an inequality yielding the
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Question 348324: You are considering two job offers. The first job pays $15.50 per hour. The second job pays $10.00 per hour plus $0.50 per unit produced per hour. Write an inequality yielding the number of units x that must be produced per hour to make the second job pay the greater hourly wage. Solve the inequality. Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 15.50<10+.50x
15.50-10<.50x
5.50<.50x
5.50/.50
11
Proof:
Let x=12.
15.50<10+.50*12
15.50+10+6
15.50<16
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