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Jacob earns $12.00 per hour babysitting. and has already earned $54.00. The number of hours, x, for which Jacob babysat can be found using the equation 54.00=12x. How many hours did Jacob babysit?

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Jacob babysat for 4.5 hours 12x4=48 +6(.5)= 4.5 hours

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