RJ’s Plumbing and Heating charges $55 plus $40 per hour for emergency service. Gary remembers being billed over $100 for an emergency call. How long was RJ’s there?

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2020-10-28

RJ’s Plumbing and Heating charges $55 plus $40 per hour for emergency service. Gary remembers being billed over $100 for an emergency call. How long was RJ’s there?

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Demi-Leigh Barrera

Demi-Leigh Barrera

Skilled2020-10-29Added 97 answers

Let x represent the period of time RJ's was present. The bill is more than $100, so we can write the inequality as follows:
55+40x>100 
Solve for x. Subtract 55 from both sides: 
40x>45 
Divide both sides by 40: 
x>1.125 
So, RJ’s was there for more than 1.125 hours.

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