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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?

User Rob Hyndman
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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.
User Bejasc
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Answer:5 hours

is the amount he worked

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