Question

The technician at the store worked on the computer for 5.5 hours and charged him $109 for parts. The total was $576.50. What was the cost of labor, per hour?

Answer 1

$85.00

Explanation:

Let's first subtract the cost of the parts from the total to find the cost of the labor:

Cost of labor = Total cost - Cost of parts

Cost of labor = $576.50 - $109

Cost of labor = $467.50

We know that the technician worked for 5.5 hours, so we can find the cost of labor per hour by dividing the cost of labor by the number of hours:

Cost of labor per hour = Cost of labor / Number of hours

Cost of labor per hour = $467.50 / 5.5

Cost of labor per hour = $85

Therefore, the cost of labor per hour is $85.