Deon wants to earn at least $43 trimming trees. He charges $8 per hour and pays $5 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Deon could trim trees?
Use t for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
Deon earns $8 per hour and has to pay $5 in equipment fees. So his earnings per hour after paying equipment fees is $8 - $5 = $<<8-5=3>>3.
To earn at least $43, Deon needs to work for at least $43 / $3 = 14.3333 hours. However, since he can't work a fraction of an hour, he needs to work for at least 15 hours.
Therefore, the possible numbers of hours Deon could trim trees can be written as an inequality: t ≥ 15.