Question

A repair bill for you car is $553 the parts cost $265 the labor cost is $48 per hour. Write and solve an equation to find the number of hours of labor spent requiring the car

Answer 1

48x+265=553 where x is the number of hours of labor spend requiring the car.

48x=288 (subtract 265 from both sides)

x=6 (divide both sides by 48)

6 hours of labor