Question

Sarah needs to have a plumber come to her house and fix a leaky faucet in her bathroom. The plumber charges $50 to come to her home and an additional $30.75 every hour he works on the job. Sarah only has $234.50 in her savings for the repair. What is the maximum amount of hours that Sarah can have the plumber work on her faucet ?

Answer 1

Sarah can have the plumber work on her faucet for six (6) hours maximum

Explanation:

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As Sarah has only $234.50 in her savings and the plumber charges $50 just to come to her home, so left-over $184.50 of her saving for pay work hours.

Then as the plumber charges $30.75 per hour we have that
`(\$ 184.50)/(\$ 30.75/h)=6h` is the maximum amount of hours that Sarah can have the plumber work on her faucet.