Francesco wants to save money to go to a concert. He decides to babysit and mow lawns to earn the money. Francesco's possible earnings from babysitting are shown in the table, and his possible earnings from mowing lawns are modeled by the equation.
Babysitting
Mowing Lawns
d = 18h
Number of
Hours
2
Money
Earned (5)
21.00
d represents the amount
of money earned.
h represents the number
of hours spent mowing.
4
42.00
7
73.50
11
115.50
ke
Which statement is true?
Babysitting has a higher hourly rate because Francesco will make $10.50 an hour babysitting versus $18.00 an hour mowing lawns.
Babysitting has a higher hourly rate because Francesco will make $21.00 an hour babysitting versus $18.00 an hour mowing lawns.
Mowing lawns has a higher hourly rate because Francesco will make $18.00 an hour mowing lawns versus $10.50 an hour babysitting.
Mowing lawns has a higher hourly rate because Francesco will make $21.00 an hour mowing lawns versus $10.50 an hour babysitting.