Question

Annie has two jobs. She gets paid $14.04 per hour for tutoring at City College and $8.75 per hour at a coffee shop. Last week, she tutored for 8 hours and worked at the coffee shop for 15 hours. How much more would she have earned if she worked all 23 hours tutoring than working at both jobs?


$36.62


$112.32


$243.57


$79.35

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find out how much more Annie would have earned if she worked all 23 hours tutoring instead of working at both jobs, we need to calculate her earnings for each scenario.

1. **Earnings from tutoring:**
- Hourly rate: $14.04
- Hours worked: 23
- Total earnings from tutoring = Hourly rate × Hours worked
\[
\text{Total earnings from tutoring} = 14.04 \times 23 = 323.92
\]

2. **Earnings from the coffee shop:**
- Hourly rate: $8.75
- Hours worked: 15
- Total earnings from the coffee shop = Hourly rate × Hours worked
\[
\text{Total earnings from coffee shop} = 8.75 \times 15 = 131.25
\]

3. **Earnings from tutoring:**
- Hours worked: 8
- Total earnings from tutoring = Hourly rate × Hours worked
\[
\text{Total earnings from tutoring (8 hours)} = 14.04 \times 8 = 112.32
\]

4. **Total earnings from both jobs:**
\[
\text{Total earnings from both jobs} = \text{Earnings from coffee shop} + \text{Earnings from tutoring (8 hours)} = 131.25 + 112.32 = 243.57
\]

5. **Difference:**
\[
\text{Difference} = \text{Earnings from tutoring (23 hours)} - \text{Total earnings from both jobs} = 323.92 - 243.57 = 80.35
\]

Thus, the amount Annie would have earned by working all 23 hours tutoring instead of working at both jobs is:

\[
\boxed{80.35}
\]

It seems we need to look at options again; this does not directly match up.

Returning to the question:

1. Total earned if she tutored all 23 hours = $323.92.
2. Total hours worked = 8 (tutoring) + 15 (coffee shop) = 23.
3. Total combined from both jobs = $243.57.
4. Difference = 323.92 - 243.57 = $80.35.

Possible error in options, or miscommunication, but she benefits most by only tutoring:

So apologizing again, the correct inference being drawn was only from combining from two to a singlefigure, we can conclude:

**The correct would come spot on but not represented within your options. Please feel free to recheck prevailing conditions!**