SOLUTION: what's the equation for this question. If an electricians fee for an emergency call out is call out fee of $90 plus $20 for every 15 minutes spent on the job.

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Question 788891: what's the equation for this question. If an electricians fee for an emergency call out is call out fee of $90 plus $20 for every 15 minutes spent on the job.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If t = # of hours and F = total fee, then

F = 90 + 80t

how did I get 80? well if they get $20 for every 15 minutes, then they get 4*20 = 80 dollars for every 4*15 = 60 minutes or every hour. So they basically get paid $80 per hour and this is added to the base fee of $90

So again, the final answer is either F = 90 + 80t or F = 80t + 90 where t = # of hours and F = total fee