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blem Read Aloud and Instructions Jada is looking to earn some extra money over summer break so she starts a babysitting service with some of her friends. The babysitting service charges a flat fee of $10 to book a babysitter and then charges a different amount per hour based on which person is babysitting. Jada earns d dollars per hour and works for h hours one night. Her total earnings, T. can be represented by the equation: T= dh + 10 Write the equation that can be used to easily find the amount of hours. h. Jada worked if we know her hourly rate, d, and her total earnings,

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the equation of total earning by jada is

T = dh + 10

here, h = hours, d = dollars per hour, and T = total earning

Now,


\begin{gathered} T-10=dh \\ h=(T-10)/(d) \end{gathered}

so the answer is h = (T-10)/d

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