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Juan earns $11 per hour and works at most 30 hours per week. Identify the independent and dependent quantity in the situation, and find reasonable domain and range values.

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In this situation involving Juan's earnings, we can identify the independent and dependent quantities as follows:

  • Independent Quantity: The number of hours Juan works per week (let’s denote this as \( h \)), since he can choose how many hours to work up to a maximum of 30 hours.

  • Dependent Quantity: Juan's earnings per week (let’s denote this as \( E \)), which depend on the number of hours worked. His earnings can be calculated using the formula: \[ E = 11h \] where \( 11 \) is the hourly wage.

Reasonable Domain and Range Values

  1. Domain (the possible values for the independent variable, \( h \)):

    • Since Juan works at most 30 hours per week, the number of hours he can work ranges from 0 to 30. Thus, \[ \text{Domain: } h \in [0, 30] \]
  2. Range (the possible values for the dependent variable, \( E \)):

    • Juan's earnings can be calculated from his hours worked. The minimum he can earn is when he works 0 hours: \[ E = 11 \times 0 = 0 \]
    • The maximum he can earn is when he works 30 hours: \[ E = 11 \times 30 = 330 \]
    • Therefore, the range of his earnings is: \[ \text{Range: } E \in [0, 330] \]

Summary

  • Independent Quantity: Number of hours worked per week (\( h \))
  • Dependent Quantity: Earnings per week (\( E \))
  • Domain: \( h \in [0, 30] \)
  • Range: \( E \in [0, 330] \)