You Are Working Two Part-Time Jobs

question 21

Essay

You are working two part-time jobs. The babysitting job pays $7 per hour and the teaching job pays $16 per hour. The total hours you work in a week is 35. You earn $299 total from the two jobs. If b is the hours you work babysitting and t is the hours you work teaching determine the system of equations described in the problem and solve the system interpreting your solution.

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Definitions:

Pheromones

Chemical substances produced and released into the environment by an animal, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of the same species.

Cytokines

Signaling proteins secreted by cells, playing a critical role in immune system responses and inflammation.

Pyrimidines

A class of nitrogenous organic compounds with a single six-member ring, found in nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

Capsaicin

The active component in chili peppers that gives them their characteristic heat, used in topical ointments for pain relief.