Mai earns $7 per hour mowing her neighbors' lawns. She also earned $14 for hauling away bags of recyclables for some neighbors.

Priya babysits her neighbor’s children. The table below shows the amount of money m she earns in h hours.

h m
1 $8.40
2 $16.80
4 $33.60
Priya and Mai have agreed to go to the movies the weekend after they have earned the same amount of money for the same number of work hours.

How many hours do they each have to work before they go to the movies?

How much will each of them have earned?

Extra Credit: Explain where the solution can be seen in tables of values, graphs, and equations that represent Priya's and Mai's hourly earnings.

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