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An electrician worked for 6 hours and billed the customer $214. For another customer, an electrician charged $156 for working 4 hours. How much does the electrician charge per hour?

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An electrician worked for 6 hours and billed the customer $214. For another customer, an electrician charged $156 for working 4 hours. How much does the electrician charge per hour?

For this problem we just have to look for the rate

[tex]156 \div 4 = 39[/tex]

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[tex]39 \: dollars\: a \: hour[/tex]

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Answer:

The electrician's hourly rate is $29/hr.

Step-by-step explanation:

Find the unit rate (the charge per hour).  Call it m.

                 change in $               $58

Then m = ------------------------ = --------------- = $29/hr

                 change in time            2 hr  

The electrician's hourly rate is $29/hr.