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Question 3:

A home repair company charges a flat fee of $125 plus an additional $35 per hour, h, a home repair job takes. The company expects to make at least $500 for one such home repair job.

Which inequality gives all the possible number of hours rounded to the nearest tenth, the company expects the job to take so that the company makes at least $500?

(1 point)

h ≧ 10.7



h ≧ 10.7



h ≦ 17.9



h ≦ 10.7


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Answer 1

Let revenue be 125 + 35h. Require 125 + 35h ≥ 500 → 35h ≥ 375 → h ≥ 375/35 = 10.714... ≈ 10.7.

So the correct inequality is h ≥ 10.7.