Restaurants typically pay service an hourly wage that is lower than minimum wage. The servers are expected to make up the difference in tips. The minimum wage is 8.25 per hour and a restaurant piece of service 6. 59 per hour. If I waitress works in eight hour shift write inequality the giver the total tips waitress works in the shift in order to meet or exceed minimum wage
To write the inequality, let's first calculate the total amount the waitress should earn in order to meet or exceed the minimum wage.
Minimum wage per hour = $8.25
Hourly wage paid by the restaurant per hour = $6.59
Number of hours worked in the shift = 8
Minimum wage for the shift = Minimum wage per hour * Number of hours worked
= $8.25 * 8
= $66
Now, let's denote the total tips earned by the waitress in the shift as "T". To meet or exceed the minimum wage, the inequality will be:
T ≥ Minimum wage for the shift
T ≥ $66