Question

You are a contractor and charge $45 for a site visit plus an additional $24 per hour for each hour you spend working at the site. Write and solve an equation to determine how many total hours you have to work to earn $810 working at two separate work sites. Let the number of hours you work be y.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Equation: 810= (90 + 24y)

y = 30 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Site visit = $45 per site

cost per hour worked = $24

for each work site, the total amount of money earned

= site visit fee + cost for working

But the question mentions TWO sites, hence there will be two site visits. Therefore for TWO sites, we have to account for TWO site visit fee.

Therefore for TWO sites, the total amount of money earned

= site 1 visit fee + site 2 visit fee + cost for working

= (2 x site visit fee) +  cost for working  ------ Equation 1

We are further given that we worked y hours at the hourly work rate of $24 per hour.

Hence the cost for working

= y hours x hourly rate

= y   x   $24

= $24y   (substituting this into equation 1 above)

for TWO sites, the total amount of money earned

= (2 x site visit fee) +  cost for working

= (2 x $45) +  $24y

= $90 + $24y

= $(90 + 24y)

We are also given that we have to earn $810 for two sites, hence

810 = 90 + 24y    

810 - 90 = 24y

24y = 720

y = 720/24

y = 30 hours