SOLUTION: A city charges a base rate of $20, plus $5 per 1,000 gallons of water used. If billed $48, how much water did you use that month?

Question 1140579: A city charges a base rate of $20, plus $5 per 1,000 gallons of water used. If billed $48, how much water did you use that month?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A city charges a base fee of $20, plus $5 per 1,000 gallons of water used.
If billed $48, how much water did you use that month?
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Pay attention on how I edited your post in order for the problem MAKES sense.

The base equation is


     = 48


The solution is


    x =  = 28*200 = 5600  gallons of water.    ANSWER

Solved.

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