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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'll Become And Fan And Give Medal! Someone Please Help :( The Jeffersons are hiring a landscaper. The plants they buy will cost one hundred fifty dollars. Labor costs forty dollars per hour. The Jeffersons can spend no more than four hundred seventy dollars on the project. How many hours of labor can the Jeffersons afford? Let h represent the hours of labor. no more than 6 hours 8 hours or less at most twelve hours a maximum of fifteen hours

OpenStudy (anonymous):

8 hours or less

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

ok you have flat charge of 150 and labor = 40h (40 per hour) 478 is the limit to spend so 478<=150 + 40h

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

can you solve for h

OpenStudy (anonymous):

470-150=320 320/40=8

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

correct

OpenStudy (ivettef365):

yes it is 470 not 478

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