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?
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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):
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.
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
