Question

Home improvement charges $360 plus $12 per hour.Ace hardware charges $279 plus $15 per hour.Write and solve an equation for which the two cost would be the same

Answer 1

360+12x=279+15x

The two costs would be the same when both companies charge 27 hours.

Explanation:

From the information given, you need to find the number of hours where both companies charge the same and to do that, you can write an equation where Home Improvement cost is equal to Ace Hardware cost:

360+12x=279+15x, where x is the number of hours

Now, you can solve for x:

360-279=15x-12x

81=3x

x=81/3

x=27

According to this, the answer is that the two costs would be the same when both companies charge 27 hours.