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Question

Abe, a plumber, charges $50 per hour plus $45 for making an in–home visit. The Plumbing Service charges $55 per hour but no set fee for a visit. How many hours of plumbing work are needed for each to cost the same?

Answer 1

I can help get you started!

The problem gives us some concrete numbers to work with, but what we are trying to figure out is how many hours each plumber would need to work for the cost to be the same.

Let's say that the hours are h.

Abe works for $50 X the number of hours (h) + $45. Plumbing Service charges $55 X the number of hours (h).

We can set this problem up as: 50h + 45 = 55h

Now you just need to get h alone to know how many hours each plumber would need to work. I hope this helps!