SOLUTION: A landscaping company charges a $12 fee to make a house call plus an hourly rate for labor. If the total bill for a job that takes 2.5 hours comes to $95.75, write an equation that

Question 1138741: A landscaping company charges a $12 fee to make a house call plus an hourly rate for labor. If the total bill for a job that takes 2.5 hours comes to $95.75, write an equation that can be used to solve for the hourly labor rate. Use r to represent the rate.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The total cost of $95.75 is the flat $12 fee, plus the hourly rate r 2.5 times:

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