Question

Bailey has two part-time jobs. He earns $13 an hour, c, as a cashier and $18 an hour, t, as a technology support specialist. This is modeled by 13c + 18t. He worked for 10 hours as a cashier and 12 hours as a technology support specialist this week. Evaluate the expression 13c+ 18t for c= 10 and t= 12 to find out how much Bailey will earn at his two jobs this week.

Answer 1

To find out how much Bailey will earn at his two jobs this week, we need to evaluate the expression \( 13c + 18t \) using the values \( c = 10 \) (hours as a cashier) and \( t = 12 \) (hours as a technology support specialist).

Substituting the values into the expression, we get:

\[
13c + 18t = 13(10) + 18(12)
\]

Now, calculate each term:

\[
13(10) = 130
\]
\[
18(12) = 216
\]

Now, add these two amounts together:

\[
130 + 216 = 346
\]

Therefore, Bailey will earn **$346** at his two jobs this week.