Question

Happy Paws charges $17.00 plus $5.50 per hour to keep a dog during the day. Woof Watchers charges

$11.00 plus $6.75 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.

Answer 1

4.80

Explanation:

17+5.50h=11+6.75h

- subtract 11 from both sides

-subtract 5.50 from both sides

-divide to get h alone