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Mike needs his bathroom painted. The flat rate for the painting is $25 plus $5 for each hour that they spend painting. If the total cost of the paint job was $75, how many hours did it take for the painting
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Mike needs his bathroom painted. The flat rate for the painting is $25 plus $5 for each hour that they spend painting. If the total cost of the paint job was $75, how many hours did it take for the painting to be completed?

User Vivek Ayer
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Answer:

10 hours

Explanation:

t = 5h + 25

75 = 5h + 25

5h = 50

h = 10

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