SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem! Thank you! :) The bill for your automobile repairs was $335. The cost for the labor was $45 per hour per mechanic. The cost for materials

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Question 341721: Please help me solve this word problem! Thank you! :)
The bill for your automobile repairs was $335. The cost for the labor was $45 per hour per mechanic. The cost for materials was $110. If two mechanics worked together on your car, how many hours did it take them to finish?

Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(335-110)/45=225/45=5 HOURS OF LABOR WERE CHARGED.
5/2=2.5 HOURS ELAPSED TIME WITH 2 MECHANICS WORKING.

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