You and your brother each start a child-care service. You spend $50 on supplies and plan to charge $10 per hour. Your brother spends $30 on supplies and plans to charge $8 per hour. How many hours will each of you have to work to earn the same amount of money?

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Payten Copeland

Mathematics

20 November, 20:34

You and your brother each start a child-care service. You spend $50 on supplies and plan to charge $10 per hour. Your brother spends $30 on supplies and plans to charge $8 per hour. How many hours will each of you have to work to earn the same amount of money?

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Emma Richmond · Answer 1

Well who cares what they spent they are just trying to throw you off. you should work eight hours so it could be 80 dollars and the brother should work 10 hours for it to be 80 dollars also.

If im right even

Sally · Answer 2

I agree. Trying to throw you off. You must work 8 hours and he must work 10 to equal the same amount of money