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A refrigerator repair man charges $35 per hour to work on a broken refrigerator. In addition to this hourly rate, there is a $75 charge for him to make the trip out to your house. If a repair job takes him 5 hours to complete, what will the total charge be for the repair?
What are you given in this problem?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. The rate of $35 per hour, the time of 5 hours, and the additional charge of $75.
What are you asked for in the problem?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. The total cost of the repair.
What is your plan for the solution?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Multiply the rate by the time and then add on the additional charge.
Do you need to use parentheses to account for order of operations?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. No
Write an equation that you could use to solve for the total cost.
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. C = 35 • 5 + 75
What is the total cost for the repair?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. C = 250. The repair will cost $250.00.
When a fishing boat sells its catch at the market, the owner of the boat keeps the first $6,000.00. The rest of the profit is split evenly among the four fishermen that work on the boat. On one trip, the boat sells all of the fish on board for $18,000.00. How much money does each fisherman get?
What are you given?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. The total amount of money is $18,000. The boat owner gets $6,000. There are four fishermen who split the rest.
What does the problem ask for?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. The problem asks how much each fisherman will get.
What is your plan to solve this problem?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Subtract the owner's money from the total and then divide what is left among the four fishermen.
Do you need to use parentheses to account for order of operations?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. Yes
Write an equation that you could use to solve for each fisherman's pay.
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. P = (18000 – 6000) ÷ 4
How much does each fisherman get?
Interactive popup. Assistance may be required. P = 3000. Each fisherman gets $3000.