Question

A cleaning company charges $125 to visit a home and $40 to clean each room. How many rooms were cleaned if the total bill was $365.

Answer 1

6 rooms.
365-125=240
240 divided by 40=6

Answer 2

6 rooms

Explanation:

40x + 125 =365 subtract 125 from both sides of the equation

40x = 240 divide both sides by 40

x = 6