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5.2 Exercise 157

Avg difficulty 2.5

Paycheck Annie has two jobs. She gets paid $14.04\$\text{14}.\text{04} per hour for tutoring at City College and $8.75\$\text{8}.\text{75} per hour at a coffee shop. Last week she tutored for 88 hours and worked at the coffee shop for 1515 hours.

ⓐ How much did she earn?

ⓑ If she had worked all 2323 hours as a tutor instead of working both jobs, how much more would she have earned?

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