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A yard cleanup service charges a $266 fee plus $18.25 per hour. Another cleanup service charges a
$185 fee plus $22.75 per hour. How long is a job for which the two companies' costs are the same?
O 18 hours
20 hours
O 16 hours
O 14 hours

Answer 1

18 hours

Explanation:

fist we start with the fees and hours (basic info to help get us started)

company 1

• 226 fee
• 18.25 per hr

company 2

• 185 fee
• 22.75 per hr

18 hour with fee factored in

• comp. 1 = $594.50
• comp. 2 =$594.50

we do this by adding the fee and hours like this

`226 + 18.25(18)`

and get 594.50

and we do this for company 2 like this

`185 + 22.75(18)`

and also get 594.50

Answer 2

the answer is 18 hours. if you solve 18.25 *18 + 266 it = 594.5

if you solve 22.75 * 18 + 185 it = 594.5