a plumber finished three jobs on tuesday the first two only cost the owner the 45$ trip fee because they took very little time to complete. For the third job, the plumber charged the trip fee plus 6 times his hourly rate.If the plumber received a total of 303$ for the day , what is the hourly rate ?

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anonymous · Answer

who would even understand that??? and how much was the 2nd job? are u suposed to subtract 45 from 303 then divide by 6?

anonymous · Answer

thats the question im confused too !

anonymous · Answer

what grade r u in, @nicole06  
i would just take 303-45= __   <=lets call this n  than take n and multiply it by 6 and see wat u get. k?

anonymous · Answer

Total = job1 + job2 + job3
$303 =  45    + 45    +  45 + 6* r
@nicole06 Can you finish it up?

anonymous · Answer

" he first two only cost the owner the 45$ trip fee"

anonymous · Answer

yeah, sorry. i missed that.

anonymous · Answer

@nicole06 .....???