Q. 653 Paycheck Annie has two jobs. She... [FREE SOLUTION]

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Chapter 1: Q. 653 (page 129)

Paycheck Annie has two jobs. She gets paid $$14.04$ per hour for tutoring at City College and $$ 8.75$ per hour at a coffee shop. Last week she tutored for $8 h o u r s$ and worked at the coffee shop for $15 h o u r s$ .
(a) How much did she earn? (b) If she had worked all $23 h o u r s$ as a tutor instead of working both jobs, how much more would she have earned?

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Required answer is $(a) $ 243.57 (b) $ 79.35$

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Part (a) Step 1. Given information

$G i v e n, G e t s $ 14.04 p e r h o u r f o r t u t o r i n g a t C i t y C o l l e g e G e t s $ 8.75 p e r h o u r a t a c o f f e e s h o p A l s o, s h e t u t o r e d o f 8 h o u r s a n d w o r k e d a t t h e c o f f e e s h o p f o r 15 h o u r s .$

Part(a) Step 2. Calculation

$a m o u n t s h e e a r n e d b y t u t o r i n g = $ 14.04 脳 8 = $ 112.32 a m o u n t s h e e a r n e d b y w o r k i n g a t c o f f e e s h o p = $ 8.75 脳 15 = $ 131.25 T o t a l a m o u n t e a r n e d b y w o r k i n g a t b o t h j o b s = $ 112.32 + $ 131.25 = $ 243.57$

Part(b) Step 1. Given information

$G i v e n, G e t s $ 14.04 p e r h o u r f o r t u t o r i n g a t C i t y C o l l e g e G e t s $ 8.75 p e r h o u r a t a c o f f e e s h o p A l s o, s h e t u t o r e d f o r 23 h o u r s i n s t e a d o f w o r k i n g b o t h j o b s$

Part(b) Step 2. Calculation

$A m o u n t e a r n e d a f t e r t u t o r i n g f o r 23 h o u r s = $ 14.04 脳 23 = $ 322.92 T h e r e f o r e a m o u n t e a r n e d m o r e = a m o u n t e a r n e d a f t e r o n l y t u t o r i n g - a m o u n t e a r n e d a f t e r d o i n g b o t h j o b s = $ 322.92 - $ 243.57 = $ 79.35$

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