Answer:
5 hours 22 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us represent the number of hours that Jeri worked as: h
Jeri's lawn service charges an initial fee of $4.50 plus $3 an hour
= $4.50 + $3 × h
= $4.50 + 3h
If she is asked to start before 7 a.m. Jeri charges 1.5 times the regular amount.
= 1.5 × ($4.50 + 3h)
If she made $29.25 on a job that began at 5 am, how many hours did Jeri work?
Hence, we have the final equation;
= 1.5 × ($4.50 + 3h) = $29.25
= 6.75 + 4.5h = 29.25
Collect like terms
= 4.5h = 29.25 - 6.75
4.5h = 22.5
h = 22.5/4.5
h = 5.3571428571
Approximately= 5.36 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
0.36 hour =
60 × 0.36
= 21.6 minutes
Approximately ≈ 22 minutes
Therefore, Jeri worked for 5 hours 22 minutes
