Question

Jorge’s monthly bill from his Internet service provider was $25. The service provider charges a base rate of $15 per month plus $1 for each hour that the service is used. Find the number of hours that Jorge was charged for that month.

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

$25 - $15 = $10

and its $1 per hour so the answer is 10hrs

Answer 2

10 hours for the month

Explanation:

What you know: The total amount Jorge was charged for the month was $25

The base rate is $15

He gets charged $1 per each hour

Setting it up:

15+1h=25

(the 15 is the base rate, plus the 1 dollar per hour (h) which both add to the total of 25 dollars for the month)

Subtract 15 from both sides of the equation to get your variable by itself

1h=10

then divide the 1 on both sides to get h (hours) by itself

h=10

And there's your answer, 10 is the number of hours that Jorge was charged for the month

Hopefully this helped :))