Now determine your monthly gas cost for your trip to work. To do this assume there are 4 weeks in a month, and be sure to use positive or negative integers as needed?

1.  Research jobs using your degree and identify a job you would be interested. Use a website like Glassdoor.com to determine the salary for the job you are interested in. Then Find out what the hourly pay amount based on what is given. Be sure to cite your source in the worksheet and in your report. 

2. Write an equation to express how much money you would make if you worked h  hours. Where I equals income: 

3. Would you consider your income to be a positive or a negative integer? Why?

 

4. How many hours would you need to work to earn $400 per week (assume overtime is paid at the regular hourly rate)? 

 

5. Now let's assume that your car is currently paid off but you have to pay gas and budget for driving to and from your new job.  Find out the local gas price and write an equation to describe the price of gas for g gallons. Where M is the amount of money you spend on gas each week. Estimate the mileage to your new job each week and explain what the weekly gas cost would be for your budget. 

 

6.  Would the gas cost be considered a positive or a negative integer? Why? 

 

7. Write an expression that calculates your weekly balance in your account based on a 40 hour work week and accounting for the gas amount. Show integers as positive or negative.

 

8.  Now determine your monthly gas cost for your trip to work. To do this assume there are 4 weeks in a month, and be sure to use positive or negative integers as needed?

 

Identify other expenses that you may have such as rent, utilities, etc. Estimate amounts for these and complete a monthly budget showing your balance at the end of the month with all income and expenses accounted for.

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