Question

Jose earned 5h + 5 dollars for h hours and Alex earned 8h – 10 for h hours mowing lawns. If they earned the same amount

of money, then how many hours did they work?
They worked for
type your answer

Answer 1

5 hours

Explanation:

This is a classic pre-algebra question.

`5h+5=8h-10\\5=3h-10\\15=3h\\h=5`