Question

Peter hired a cleaning company to clean his house. The cleaning company charges a fixed fee of $15

plus $17 per hour to clean a house.
a. Write an equation that can be used to determine, c, the total amount in dollars that the cleaning
company charges to clean a house in h hours.
17t + 15 is the charge for "t" hrs of work.
b. The cleaning company charged a total of $83 to clean Peter's house. How many hours did it take to
clean Peter's house?

Answer 1

y= total charge for cleaning

x= number of hours of cleaning

Equation y=15+17x

For example, if the company cleaned for 2 hours it would be y=17+15(2)

y=17+30

y= 30 dollars

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