Question

James recently hired a landscaper to do some necessary work. On the final bill, James was charged a total of $907. $380 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $34, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?

Answer 1

Hello there. To solve this question, we'll need to set up an equation to find the relation between the amount of money James was charged in the bill and the labor hours of the landscaper.

First, the invariant part of the bill was $380, for the parts.

This value will not change with time.

The other value will be found by multiplying the hourly rate for labor, $34 and the amount of time, x.

In this case, the total amount will be given by the equation:

`380+34x=907`

Now, to solve for the amount of hours

Subtract 380 from both sides of the equation

`34x=527`

Divide both sides of the equation by a factor of 34

`x=15.5`

This was the amount of hours of labor.