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A plumber charges $40 to come to your house and $25 for each hour of labor. If the final bill came to $165, how many hours did the plumber work?
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A plumber charges $40 to come to your house and $25 for each hour of labor. If the final bill came to $165, how many hours did the plumber work?
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The answer is 5 hours.
Step-by-step:
The equation would be
165=25x+40
Subtract 40 from both sides
125=25x
Then, divide both sides by 25 to get
5=x
Answer: 5 hours.
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Answer:
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is the amount he worked
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