Daniel D.

asked • 09/26/21

Math Question For college

Juan recently hired a mechanic to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Juan was charged a total of $860. $340 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $40, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?

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

x 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: The number of labor hours was 

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