SOLUTION: Paul has a job raking leaves for a neighbor. He makes ​$6.40 an​ hour, plus ​$0.30 for each bag he fills. Last Saturday he worked four hours and made a total of &

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Question 1065180: Paul has a job raking leaves for a neighbor. He makes ​$6.40 an​ hour, plus ​$0.30 for each bag he fills. Last Saturday he worked four hours and made a total of ​$26.20. How many bags of leaves did he​ fill?
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Paul has a job raking leaves for a neighbor. He makes ​$6.40 an​ hour, plus ​$0.30 for each bag he fills. Last Saturday he worked four hours and made a total of ​$26.20. How many bags of leaves did he​ fill?
Let number of bags filled be B

Then we get: 4(6.4) + .3B = 26.2

25.6 + .3B = 26.2

.3B = .6

B, or number of bags filled was:  

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