Percy works two part-time jobs to pay for college classes. on monday, he works 3 hours at the library and 2 hours at the coffee cart and earns $36.50. on tuesday, he works 2 hours at the library and 5 hours at the coffee cart and earns $50. his hourly wage at the library, x, and hourly wage at the coffee cart, y, can be determined using the system of equations below. 3x + 2y = 36.50 2x + 5y = 50.00 at which job does percy earn the greater hourly wage? how much does percy earn each hour at this job? a) percy earns a greater hourly wage of $7.00 at the library. b) percy earns a greater hourly wage of $7.00 at the coffee cart. c) percy earns a greater hourly wage of $7.50 at the library. d) percy earns a greater hourly wage of $7.50 at the coffee cart.

1. an economy consists of three workers: larry, moe, and curly. each works 10 hours a day and can produce two services: mowing lawns and washing cars. in an hour, larry can either mow one lawn or wash one car; moe can either mow one lawn or wash two cars; and curly can either mow two lawns or wash one car. a. calculate how much of each service is produced under the following circumstances: a. all three spend all their time mowing lawns. b. all three spend all their time washing cars. c. all three spend half their time on each activity d. larry spends half of his time on each activity, while moe only washes cars and curly only mows lawns b. using your answers to part a, draw a production possibilities frontier and label points a, b, c, and d on your graph. explain why the production possibilities frontier has the shape it does. c. are any of the allocations calculated in part a inefficient? explain.

Identify the slope an intercept of the following linear equation y = 1/5x - 6 a. slope: 1/5; intercept: -6 b. slope: 5; intercept: -6 c. slope: -1/5; intercept: 6 d. slope: 1/5; intercept: 6

Once george got to know adam, they found that they really liked each other. this is an example of what factor in friendship