Question

Greg wants to earn more than $41 trimming trees. He charges $8 per hour and pays $7 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Greg

could trim trees?
Use t for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

Greg's earnings from trimming trees can be expressed as:

Earnings = 8t - 7

where t is the number of hours he works.

We want to find the possible values of t that would result in earnings greater than $41. We can write this as an inequality:

8t - 7 > 41

Adding 7 to both sides of the inequality, we get:

8t > 48

Dividing both sides by 8, we get:

t > 6

Therefore, the possible numbers of hours Greg could trim trees are any value of t greater than 6. We can express this as:

t > 6

This means that Greg must work more than 6 hours to earn more than $41 trimming trees.