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Henry wants to earn at least $37 trimming trees. He charges $6 per hour and pays $5 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Henry could trim trees?

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5+6h=37
Subtract 5 from each side
5+6h=37
-5 -5
-------------------
6h=32
divide both sides by 6

6h=32
/ /
6 6

h=5.333333333334

hope it helped!
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