Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Suppose the electrician spends t hours at the house working.
Amount charged for every house call by electrician = $50
The electrician earned a total of $400 for a 5 hour job.
Also, C denotes total cost of the electrician's services.
So, the equation for C in terms of t is given below.
Here,
Answer: 8 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the time taken by each person to paint the fence.
Given: Tom and Becky can paint Jim's fence together in 12 hours.
Since all people paint at the same rate, then we have the following equation ;-
Thus, the time taken by each person to paint the fence alone = 24 hours
Now, the time taken by all three paint together:-
Hence, it would take 8 hours if all three paint together.
