Question

You can work a total of no more than 40 hours each week at your two jobs. Housecleaning pays $8 per hour and your sales job pays $119 per hour. You need to earn at least $323 each week to pay your bills. Write a system of inequalities that shows the various numbers of hours you can work at each job.

A) h+ s ≥ 40 and 8h + 11s ≥ 323


B) h+ s < 40 and 8h + 11s ≤ 323


C) h + s ≤ 40 and 8h + 11s ≥ 323


D) h + s ≤ 40 and 8h + 11s < 323

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

you can only work 40 or less hours per week but you must earn greater then or equal to $323.