Question

Spotless and As Good as New, offer house cleaning services. Spotless charges a flat fee of $30 and an additional $6 per hour while As Good as New charges $11 per hour with no flat fee. How long would cleaning a house have to take in order for the two companies to charge the same amount?

Answer 1

x = 6

Step-by-step explanation:

If x is reserved for the number of hours it'll take, then the first equation is saying that $6 is being multiplied by an x amount of hours, which is then added by $30. The second equation states that $11 is being multiplied by an x amount of hours, but there is no flat fee. This makes the equation:

6x + 30 = 11x

The steps to solving this are:

1) Make the variables on one side. In this case, it is easier to put them on the right.

11x - 6x = 5x

5x = 30

2) Divide both sides by 5.

5x / 5 = 30 / 5

x = 6

This means it will take 6 hours for them to charge the same amount of money.