Mai earns $7 per hour mowing her neighbors' lawns.

She also earned $14 for hauling away bags of recyclables for some neighbors.

Priya babysits her neighbor's children. The table shows the amount of money m she earns in h hours. Priya and Mai have agreed to go to the movies the weekend after they have earned the same about of money for the same number of work hours.

The information of this question is: For Priya:

h: 1, m: $8.4 -- h: 2, m: $16.8 -- h: 3, m: 25.2 -- h: 4 m: 33.6
The question(s) that need answering are:
a. How many hours do they have to work before they go to the movies?

b. How much will they have earned?

c. Explain where the solution can be seen in tables of values, graphs, and equations that represent Priya's and Mai's hourly earnings.

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This is an example of why some questions go unanswered.

The missing information makes it impossible to answer the question.

To find the number of hours Priya needs to work, we need to compare her earnings per hour with Mai's earnings per hour.

Mai earns $7 per hour mowing lawns and $14 for hauling away recyclables. Therefore, her overall earnings per hour can be calculated as follows:

Overall earnings per hour = (Mowing earnings + Recyclables earnings) / Total hours

Since we don't know the number of hours Mai worked, let's assume it as 'x'.

Overall earnings per hour = (7x + 14) / x

Now, let's consider Priya's earnings for h hours of babysitting. We can set up the equation to find the number of hours Priya needs to work in order to earn the same amount as Mai:

(7x + 14) / x = m / h

Here, 'm' represents the amount of money Priya needs to earn and 'h' represents the number of hours she needs to work.

Now, we can cross multiply to solve for 'h':

h * (7x + 14) = m * x

7hx + 14h = mx

Then, solve for 'h' by dividing both sides by (7x + 14):

h = (mx) / (7x + 14)

By plugging in the values of 'm' and 'x', you can calculate the number of hours Priya needs to work.