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Taylor is working two summer jobs, making 
$7 per hour washing cars and making 
$16 per hour tutoring. In a given week, she can work a maximum of 17 total hours and must earn no less than 
$200. If Taylor worked 2 hours washing cars, determine the maximum number of whole hours tutoring that she can work and still meet her requirements.
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Taylor is working two summer jobs, making $7 \$ 7 per hour washing cars and making $16 \$ 16 per hour tutoring. In a given week, she can work a maximum of 1717 total hours and must earn no less than $200 \$ 200 . If Taylor worked 22 hours washing cars, determine the maximum number of whole hours tutoring that she can work and still meet her requirements.\newlineAnswer:

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Q. Taylor is working two summer jobs, making $7 \$ 7 per hour washing cars and making $16 \$ 16 per hour tutoring. In a given week, she can work a maximum of 1717 total hours and must earn no less than $200 \$ 200 . If Taylor worked 22 hours washing cars, determine the maximum number of whole hours tutoring that she can work and still meet her requirements.\newlineAnswer:
  1. Calculate Earnings from Washing: Taylor earns $7\$7 per hour washing cars. If she worked 22 hours washing cars, we need to calculate how much she earned from washing cars.\newlineCalculation: 22 hours * $7\$7 per hour = $14\$14.
  2. Subtract from Weekly Requirement: Now we need to subtract the amount Taylor earned from washing cars from her minimum weekly earning requirement to find out how much more she needs to earn from tutoring.\newlineCalculation: $200$14=$186\$200 - \$14 = \$186.
  3. Calculate Maximum Tutoring Hours: Taylor earns $16\$16 per hour tutoring. To find out the maximum number of whole hours she can tutor, we divide the remaining amount she needs to earn by her hourly tutoring rate.\newlineCalculation: $186/$16\$186 / \$16 per hour = 11.62511.625 hours.
  4. Round Down to Whole Hours: Since Taylor can only work whole hours, we need to round down the number of hours she can tutor to the nearest whole number.\newlineCalculation: Taylor can work a maximum of 1111 whole hours tutoring.
  5. Check Total Weekly Hours: We must ensure that the total hours worked in both jobs do not exceed the maximum of 1717 hours per week. Taylor has already worked 22 hours washing cars.\newlineCalculation: 1717 total hours - 22 hours washing cars == 1515 hours remaining for tutoring.
  6. Optimal Tutoring Hours: Since the maximum number of hours Taylor can tutor based on her earnings requirement is 1111 hours, and she has 1515 hours remaining within her 1717-hour weekly limit, she can meet both conditions by working 1111 hours tutoring.

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