Jacob is a construction worker who earns a yearly income given by the expression 2000x + 3000, where x is the number of hours he works each week. Carlos works with Jacob and earns a yearly income given by the expression 3800x – 40000. A manager predicts that if Carlos and Jacob each work 35 hours, they will earn the same amount of money.


PART A:The number of hours that makes the equation true is

Options: 24, 27, 29,31,34


PART B:Round your answer to the nearest whole number. The manager's prediction is

Options: equal to, less than, greater than


the actual number of hours that Carlos and Jacob need to work to earn the same amount of money.​