Matteo is working two jobs, making $15 per hour at the movie theater and $18 per hour washing cars. Last week Matteo worked a total of 30 hours and earned a total of $480. Determine the amount of hours Matteo worked at the movie theater and the cash wash.

movie theatre = 20 hours

car wash = 10 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

this would be solved using simultaneous equation

let a = hours worked in theatre

b = hours spent wash cars

15a + 18b = 480 eqn 1

a + b = 30      eqn 2

multiply eqn 2 by 15

15a + 15b = 450 eqn 3

subtract 1 from 3

3b = 30

b = 10 hours

substitute for b in eqn 2

a + 10 = 30

a = 20 hours

the entire expression should be subtracted from 30. to subtract the quantity, distribute the negative sign, which changes the signs on the terms. so, the –2 changes to positive and gets added to 30 instead of subtracted from it.

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x=-7

step-by-step explanation:

x+3=-10

-10+3=-7

x=-7