SOLUTION: Felipe wants to earn more than $45 trimming trees. He charges $6 per hour and pays $3 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees? Use T for

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Question 1196715: Felipe wants to earn more than $45 trimming trees. He charges $6 per hour and pays $3 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees?
Use T for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for T.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I consider $3 as an one-time fee, not as hourly rate.


Then the inequality is

    6T > 45 + 3

    6T > 48

     T > 48/6 = 8.


ANSWER.  To reach the goal, Felipe should work more than 8 hours.

Solved and thoroughly explained.




Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Felipe wants to earn more than $45 trimming trees. He charges $6 per hour and pays $3 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees?
Use T for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for T.
6T > 45 + 3

Solve this to get number of hours, or T > 8
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