John’s pawn shop is bringing in money from customers selling used bicycles. He wants to know how much money he needs to pay off his electricity bill at the pawn shop. For him to turn on the electricity he must pay $50. For every hour John must pay $10 each hour for electricity. How many hours would it be if he makes $60 profit from selling used bicycles?

What is the equation?

Sorry this is actually mathematics not English!!

How can an author reveal move information about a character

In the conclusion of the radio broadcast war of the worlds, orson welles:

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action