4. Chris works at Starbucks. He gets paid $12 19 per hour. Jacob makes twice as much as Chris. They both work 8 hours each day. a) How much money will Chris make in 5 days?

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4. Chris works at Starbucks. He gets paid $1219 per hour. Jacob makes twice
as much as Chris. They both work 8 hours each day.
a) How much money will Chris make in 5 days?
b) How much money will Jacob make if he works 4 days per week for
7 weeks?
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Transcribed Image Text:Edit Styles Paragraph 4. Chris works at Starbucks. He gets paid $1219 per hour. Jacob makes twice as much as Chris. They both work 8 hours each day. a) How much money will Chris make in 5 days? b) How much money will Jacob make if he works 4 days per week for 7 weeks? DFocus R MC
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Let,

The pay of Chris is x and the pay of Jacob is y.

Chris gets paid $12.19 per hour. So,

x=$12.19 per hour

Jacob makes twice as much as Chris. So,

y=2x

Substitute the given value in the above equation.

y=212.19=$24.38 per hour

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