Question

(PLEASE HELP !) Gabe spent $2000 to buy a piano for his music studio. He earns $25 per hour giving piano lessons to students. Let h be the number of hours of lessons that Gabe teaches. How many hours of lessons must Gabe teach to earn a $5000 profit?

the amount of hours Gabe must give lessons, then solve the equation to find the number of hours.

You will receive 5 points for your equation and 5 points for your work and answer. You cannot receive full credit for this problem without showing your work for solving your equation.

Answer 1

280 hours

Explanation:

Amount paid + profit = cost of a lesson per hour

$2000 + $5000 = $25(h)

7000 = 25h

7000/25 = h

280 = h