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Zorah, a musician, pays $120 to have her instrument tuned and $10 per hour for a booth at a fair. She estimates that she earns $25 per hour in tips. The equation can be used to represent the break-even point.

120 + 10x = 25x

How many hours, x, will Zorah have to play in order to break even?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
120 + 10x = 25x
120 = 15x
x = 120 / 15 = 8

So Zorah must play 8 hours to break even.