A moving company charges a base rate of $55.00 plus $20.00 per hour. If the moving company charged Mr. Sanchez $110.00, which equation could be used to determine the number of hours it took the moving company? (h = hour)

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wach · Answer

Do you have any ideas, knowing that the move costs at least 55$ plus 20$ dependent on the variable of h, hours?

anonymous · Answer

not really good at math.!!!

wach · Answer

I'm trying to help you work though it. So let's look at what we know:
The base rate is $55, so that means that 55 of the 110 dollars Mr Sanchez spent was not affected by time. This means that the other portion of money he spent (110-55=55), 55 dollars was dependent on time.

wach · Answer

If he spend $55 dollars on x amt of hours, each costing $20, how much did he spend?

wach · Answer

Try dividing 55$ by the cost per hour, 20$, to get the total amount of hours.

wach · Answer

Did I lose you?

anonymous · Answer

charges a base rate of $55.00 plus $20.00 per hour
$110      =                    $55      +     $20    h
=> h     =      (110 -  55 ) / 20 = ...