Question

Genny babysits for two different families. One family pays her $6 each hour and a bonus of $20 at the end of the night. The other family pays her $3 every half hour and a bonus of $25 at the end of the night. Write and solve the system of equations that represents this situation. At what number of hours do the two families pay the same for babysitting services from Genny?

Answer 1

The second family pays her 5$ more because there bonus is 5$ larger and they both make the same per hour

Answer 2

The two families pay the same per hour. $6 an hour is the same as $3 for half an hour. The only difference is the bonus.

Explanation:

It doesn't make any difference how many hours each work.