Question

Juan recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Juan was charged a total of $1286. $470 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $68, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?
(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use xx as your variable.

Answer 1

68xx= 1286-470  68xx= 816  Xx=816/68  Xx=12  So 12 hours of labor