Question

Edith works for x amount of hrs that pays $4 she also has accepted another job that pays $8 an hr working y amount of hrs she can only work 15 hrs a week. Edith wants to earn at least 80 a week. Working both jobs. Write a system of inequality

Answer 1

S.O.L.V.E

1. Study the problem
2. Organize your facts
3. Line up the problem
4. Validate
5. Explain

step 1 :study the problem

write down your fact or what you know about the problem. also crossout unnecessary parts of the problem and highlight important information.

example: X = hours

Step 2: organize your facts

organize your facts means put in order ,write what it means etc.

example: the problem say rebbeca has 3 3 times as much candy than Sara. what does the problem mean ?

Step 3 : line up your strategy.

what are your plans for solving this problem ? what operation will u do ? how much step is in this problem ? does this make sense ? in line up your strategy u have to think about why I'm doing this? how I will do this etc.

Step 4 : validate

"SOLVE THE PROBLEM"!