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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 525÷37.50

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

Hope this helps!

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