Two roommates, Adam and Burt, saved their wages from weekend jobs to buy a television. Adam earned $10 per hour, and Burt earned $8 per hour. Together they worked for 34 hours and earned exactly $310.
One way of representing this scenario is through a table:
Earnings | = |
Rate |
* |
Time |
|
Adam |
e |
= |
10 |
* |
t |
Burt |
= |
8 |
* |
How many hours did each of them work?