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Jose earned 5h + 5 dollars for h hours and Alex earned 8h – 10 for h hours mowing lawns. If they earned the same amount of money, then how many hours did they work? They worked for type your answer
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Jose earned 5h + 5 dollars for h hours and Alex earned 8h – 10 for h hours mowing lawns. If they earned the same amount

of money, then how many hours did they work?
They worked for
type your answer

User Jeff Day
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Answer:

5 hours

Explanation:

This is a classic pre-algebra question.


5h+5=8h-10\\5=3h-10\\15=3h\\h=5

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