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2 October, 16:01

As a lifeguard, sara earns a base pay of $80 per day. if her day involves swim instruction, sara earns an additional 9t dollars, where t represents the number of hours she gives instruction and $9 is her hourly rate. The total amount Sara earns in a day can be expressed as 80 + 9t.

(a) What does 9t represent in this context?

(b) What are the terms and the coefficients in the expression 80 + 9t

(c) Rewrite the expression for 7 hours of swim instruction.

(d) how much will sara earn in all?

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  1. 2 October, 19:18
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    Sara's base pay is $80

    (a) The 9t represents the additional amount of money that she earns if she gives instruction for t hours. 9 stands for $9 per hour

    b) The term in the expression is t which stands for the number of hours that she instructs. The coefficient is 9 which stands for the hourly rate

    c) The expression for 7 hours would be

    We will substitute t into 80 + 9t. It becomes

    80 + 9*7

    d) in all, she will earn

    80 + 9*7 = $143
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