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Happy Paws charges $19.00 plus $4.50 per hour to keep a dog during the day. Woof Watchers charges $13.00 plus $5.75 per hour. Complete the equation and solve it to find for how many hours the total cost of the services is equal. Use the variable h to represent the number of hours

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13+ 5.75h= 19+4.5h
subtract 4.5h both sides
13+ 1.25h= 19
subtract 13 both sides
1.25h = 6
divide both sides by 1.25
h= 4.8

at 4.8 hours, the prices of keeping the dog would be equivalent
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