Question

Michelle babysits on weekends in her neighborhood. She charges $10 for transportation and $15 for each hour she babysits. At her last babysitting job she earned less than $60. Write an inequality to represent this situation.

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is
`2x+3y<12`

Step-by-step explanation: Given that Michelle, on her weekends, babysits in her neighbourhood.

Also, she charges $10 for transportation and $15 for each hour she babysits.

Let, 'x' be number of times she used transportation and 'y' be the number of hours she babysits. Then, the total earning of Michelle in babysitting job is given by the expression

`10x+15y.`

It is given that the earning of Michelle in her last babysitting job was less than $60, so we can write the inequality as follows

`10x+15y<60\\\\\Rightarrow 2x+3y<12.`

Thus the inequality is

`2x+3y<12.`