Jesse and Lisa start a business tutoring students in math. They rent an office for $200 per month and charge $15 per hour per student. If they have 10 students each for one hour per week, how much profit do they make in a month? Write a linear equation in standard form to solve this problem.

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Mathematics

Manuel Murphy

8 October, 00:51

Jesse and Lisa start a business tutoring students in math. They rent an office for $200 per month and charge $15 per hour per student. If they have 10 students each for one hour per week, how much profit do they make in a month? Write a linear equation in standard form to solve this problem.

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Jazmyn Newton · Answer 1

Y=15x-200

y=15 (10) (4) - 200; you multiply by 4 because there are 4 weeks in a month.

y=150 (4) - 200

y=600-200

y=400; they would make a $400 profit.