Ayden is working two summer jobs, making $18 per hour lifeguarding and $8 per hour clearing tables. Last week Ayden worked a total of 11 hours and earned a total of $178. Determine the number of hours Ayden worked lifeguarding last week and the number of hours he worked clearing tables last week.

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Ashanti Graves

7 November, 01:39

Ayden is working two summer jobs, making $18 per hour lifeguarding and $8 per hour clearing tables. Last week Ayden worked a total of 11 hours and earned a total of $178. Determine the number of hours Ayden worked lifeguarding last week and the number of hours he worked clearing tables last week.

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Leo Davis · Answer 1

lifeguarding: 9 hours/clearing tables: 2 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

if you do $18*$9 it will get you to $162 which is the closed number you can get by adding $18 without going over the amount. then you would add $162+$8 for clearing tables which would get you at $170 but the total amount is $178 so then you would just add $8 for 1 more hour which would leave you at $178.