Question

5. The Morrow family needed their bathroom

repaired. The service they used charged $65
an hour plus a $35 consultation fee. If their
repair bill was $262.50, how many hours did the
repairs take?

Answer 1

3.5 hours

Explanation:

First, subtract the consultation fee from $262.50 as it is a one off charge and is not applied hourly

$262.50 - 35 = $227.50

Then find how many times $65 fits into $227.50, in this case it is 3.5 times

To find this on a calculator:

$227.50 / $65 = 3.5

Hope this helps :)