Question

Dante wants to earn at least $22 trimming trees. He charges $6 per hour and pays $8 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Dante could trim trees?

Use t for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

6t -8 >22

Explanation:

add 8 to get rid of it

6t> 30

divide by 6 to undo multiplicstion

t > 5