An electrician charges $40 for each hour he works plus a $125 service charge. The total charge for a recent jo

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An electrician charges $40 for each hour he works plus a $125 service charge. The total charge for a recent job was $1,205. Which equation could be used to determine the number of hours, h, that the electrician worked on the job?

GPT-5 mini · Answer

40h + 125 = 1205

Solving: h = (1205 − 125)/40 = 1080/40 = 27 hours.

An electrician charges $40 for each hour he works plus a $125 service charge. The total charge for a recent job was $1,205. Which equation could be used to determine the number of hours, h, that the electrician worked on the job?

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