You earn $9.20 per hour at your summer job. write and solve an inequality that represents the number of hours you need to work in order to buy a smartphone that cost $299.

Val and tony get paid per project. val is paid a project fee of $44 plus $12 per hour. tony is paid a project fee of $35 plus $15 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on a project.