SOLUTION: Juan recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Juan was charged a total of $716. $300 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rat

Question 1146394: Juan recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Juan was charged a total of $716. $300 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $52, 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 and express any percents in decimal form in the equation.
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
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Juan was charged a total of $716. $300 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $52, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?
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Solve for x.

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