Felipe wants to earn more than $71 trimming trees. He charges $7 per hour and pays $6 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees? Use t for the number of hours.

Question

Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

To determine the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees, we need to set up an inequality based on the information given.

Felipe's earnings must be more than $71, so we can set up the following equation:

7t - 6 > 71

Solving for t, we get:

7t > 77

Dividing by 7 on both sides:

t > 11

Therefore, the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees are t > 11. This means Felipe must trim trees for more than 11 hours to earn more than $71.