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Juan recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Juan was charged a total of $1286. $470 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $68, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?

(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use xx as your variable.

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68xx= 1286-470 68xx= 816 Xx=816/68 Xx=12 So 12 hours of labor

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