Maria charges a $10 base fee, plus $15 per hour for babysitting. Which equation can be used to find h, the number of hours of babysitting that Maria will charge $160?

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To find the equation that represents Maria's charges for babysitting, we start with her fee structure. She charges a base fee of $10 and $15 for each hour of babysitting.

We can express the total charge, C, using the equation:

\[ C = 10 + 15h \]

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

Since we want to find the number of hours for a total charge of $160, we can set \( C \) to 160 and write the equation:

\[ 160 = 10 + 15h \]

This equation can be used to find \( h \), the number of hours of babysitting that Maria will charge $160.