SOLUTION: a flat fee of $150 plus $30 per hour. what the most numder of hours you can work so that the bill will not exceed $1500

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Question 260633: a flat fee of $150 plus $30 per hour. what the most numder of hours you can work so that the bill will not exceed $1500
Answer by unlockmath(1614) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
We can let x be the number of hours so an equation can be set up as:
150 + 30x<1500 Subtract 150 from both sides will give us:
30x<1350 Now divide 30 into both sides to give us:
x<45 There we go. The person can't work over 45 hours. Check it out in the equation above to see if it works.
RJ
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