Monico recently hired a landscaper to do some necessary work.

Question

Monico recently hired a landscaper to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Monico was charged a total of $846. $350 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $31, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?

(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use xx as your variable.

The equation is  

  

(B) Solve your equation in part (A) to find the number of labor hours needed to do the job.

Answer 1

(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question

total cost = labor cost + parts

31x+350=846

(B) Solve your equation in part (A) to find the number of labor hours needed to do the job

31x+350=846 ( solve this equation for "x", I will leave that for you)

Answer 2

Hello Madison

A) 846 = 350 +31x

B) 846 = 350 +31x (cancel 350)

496 = 31x (cancel 31)

16 = x

Hope that helps