Philip and Kevin are hoping to earn enough money to buy concert tickets for a show that costs $225 her concert tickets. Philip and Kevin have taken on jobs so they can each earn at least enough money to purchase the tickets?
Philip has a job doing yard work for 6 hours each weekend earning $8.75 for each full hour he works. Philip has already saved $45.
Kevin has a part-time job at a local store working 3 hours per day for 3 days a week. Kevin earns $7.50 per hour. He currently has $30 saved.
Philip and Kevin are disagreeing about who is going to be able to have enough money for the concert the fastest. They also need to decide what is the minimum number of weeks each of them must work to get enough money for the concert tickets.
help Philip and Kevin with their disagreement. be sure to show all of your mathematical thinking to help Philip and Kevin answer their question.
and make sure to do at least two equations for this question or two ways to solve the question?

Kevin will earn the money before than Philip

Philip needs at least 4 weeks

Kevin needs at least 3 weeks

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's call x to the number of weeks

Philip works 6 hours each weekend, which means 6 hours per week, earning $8.75 per hour, which is equivalent to 6*8.75 = $52.5 per week

Philip has already saved $45. Then he needs the next number of weeks:

52.5*x + 45 = 225

x = (225 - 45)/52.5

x = 3.4

Philip needs at least 4 weeks

Kevin works 3 hours per day for 3 days a week, which means 9 hours per week, earning $7.5 per hour, which is equivalent to 9*7.5 = $67.5 per week

Kevin has already saved $30. Then he needs the next number of weeks:

67.5*x + 30 = 225

x = (225 - 30)/67.5

x = 2.9

Kevin needs at least 3 weeks

step-by-step explanation:

i found the life tables for the year 2012. 

life table of males at age 30. probability of dying between ages x and x+1

total population:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001030

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001061

males:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001420

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001448

white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001005

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001037

white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001372

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001399

non hispanic white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001083

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001116

non hispanic white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001477

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001503

jacob, non hispanic white male. 30 years old.

probability that jacob lives to be 30 years old. 

since the given probabilities are probabilities of dying, i think we simply subtract it from 1 to get the probability of living. we will use the probability of non hispanic white male.

                                          probability of living to be 30 y.o.

29 - 30 : 1 - 0.001477 = 0.998523

30 - 31 : 1 - 0.001503 = 0.998497