An electrician charges $90 per hour plus a $50 traveling fee. If the total charge ended up being $410, how many hours did the electrician work?

4.5 hours
4 hours
1 hour
5 hours

1 answer

To find out how many hours the electrician worked, we can set up an equation based on the given information.

We know the total charge is made up of a $50 traveling fee plus $90 per hour for the time worked. We can express the total charge (C) as:

\[ C = 90h + 50 \]

where \( h \) is the number of hours worked.

We know that the total charge is $410, so we can set up the equation:

\[ 410 = 90h + 50 \]

Now, we can solve for \( h \):

  1. Subtract $50 from both sides:

\[ 410 - 50 = 90h \] \[ 360 = 90h \]

  1. Now, divide both sides by 90:

\[ h = \frac{360}{90} = 4 \]

Thus, the electrician worked 4 hours.