Lawrence has two part-time jobs one at the movie theater and wanted a pet store he's paid by the hour at each job last week he worked 10 hours at the movie theater in eight hours at the pet store and earned a total of 152 50 the week before he worked eight hours at the movie theater into ours at the pet store in earned a total of $171 how much does Lawrence make per hour at eight at the pet store

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Wayne Combs

3 September, 13:34

Lawrence has two part-time jobs one at the movie theater and wanted a pet store he's paid by the hour at each job last week he worked 10 hours at the movie theater in eight hours at the pet store and earned a total of 152 50 the week before he worked eight hours at the movie theater into ours at the pet store in earned a total of $171 how much does Lawrence make per hour at eight at the pet store

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Lance Mendez · Answer 1

Let x be the earnings/hour at the movie theater.

y be the earnings/hour at the pet store

Systems of equations:

$152.50 = 10x + 8y

$171 = 8x + 10y

Solving for x and y:

x = $4.36 / hour in the movie theater

y = $13.61 / hour in the pet store.