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You have $50 in your bank account. You make $8 per hour mowing lawns. How many hours must you mow lawns to have a total of $130 in your account?

User Sealroto
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130-50=120
120/8=15
15
User John Carter
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50+8x=130
Solve for x
x = 10 --> 10 hours
User Vasily Korolev
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