Asked by John Cortez

John works 40 hours a week as a carpenter. He spends 60% of this time building decks and 40% installing siding. John is paid a different hourly wage for each type of labor. Let x represent the hourly wage for building decks and y represent the hourly wage for installing siding. Which expression represents John's weekly income?

16x+24y
0.4x+0.6y
0.6x+0.4y
24x+16y
Answered by oobleck
60% of this time building decks ... 60% of 40 hrs is 24 hrs
x is the hourly wage for building decks
So, it must be D
Answered by Grace Mata
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Answered by Jiskha
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