Let x be the number of hours the waiter works.
We know that waiter A offers his services for an initial $25 plus $5.75 per hour, the ammount Aaron will pay this waiter can be express as:
In the case of waiter B we know that her initial is $28 plus $4.75 per hout, the ammount Aaron will pay can be express as:
To find out at what ammount of hours they will charge the same we equate the expressions and solve for x:
Therefore, at 3 hours both waiters will charge the same ammunt of $42.25.