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Sally has $600 to spend on home repairs. If the repairman charges $75 for the visit and $37.50 per hour, for how many hours can Sally hire the repairman to work?

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Answer:

14

Step-by-step explanation:

She has 600 to start. She spend 75 automatically for the visit, so the has only 525 left to spend. To find how many hours, do 525รท37.50

so, she can hire him 2 work for 14 hours in all

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