-12x - 0.4 > 0.2(36.5x + 80) - 55 Remove the brackets.
-12x - 0.4 > 7.3x + 16 - 55 Combine the like terms on the right
-12x - 0.4 > 7.3x - 39 Add 12x to both sides
- 0.4 > 7.3x + 12x - 39
- 0.4 > 19.3x - 39 Add 39 to both sides.
-0.4 + 39 > 19.3x Combine like terms on the left
38.6 > 19.3x Divide by 19.3
38.6 / 19.3 > x
2 > x
Answer:
<h3>A. 1 hour</h3>
Step-by-step explanation:
If one cleaning company's cost can be calculated by the expression 75 + 50x, where x is the amount of hours they spend cleaning and another cleaning company's cost can be calculated using the expression 50 + 75x, then to calculate how long each company will have to clean to cost the same amount, we will equate both expression of the company cost and solve for x as shown;
On equating:
75 + 50x, = 75x + 50
collect like terms'
50x-75x = 50-75
-25x = -25
divide both sides by -25
-25x/-25 = -25/-25
x = 1
hence the number of hours each company will have to clean to cost the same amount is 1 hour
Answer: 80
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