Ashley is buying items for her dog Lance. She buys a dog collar for $6.50 and wants to buy dog food at $4 a pound. If she wants to spend exactly $22.50, how many pounds of dog food can she afford? Which equation model this situation?

Val and tony get paid per project. val is paid a project fee of $44 plus $12 per hour. tony is paid a project fee of $35 plus $15 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on a project.