Problema Solution

an appliance repair person charges $55 per trip plus $15 per hour for her labor. The cost of fixing a stove was $92.50. Write and solve an equation to find how many hours it took to repair the stove

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let 'x' represent the number of hours it took to repair the stove


55 + 15x = 92.50


by solving we find:


x = 2.5 hr


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it took 2.5 hours to repair the stove.