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Jesica will babysit children for $9 an hour, ciara has babysit for an appointment fee of $12 and $6 an hour. how many hours would they need to work to earn the same amount of money?

B) if a babysitter was needed for five hours, who would be less expensive?

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Answer: It will take 4 hours.

Explanation:

9h = 12 + 6h

Subtract 6h from each side

3h = 12

Divide each side by 3

h = 4

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