Happy Paws charges $17.00 plus $5.50 per hour to keep a dog during the day. Woof Watchers charges $11.00 plus $6.75 per hour. Complete the equation and solve it to find for how many hours the total cost
of the services is equal. Use the variable h to represent the number of hours.

4.80

Step-by-step explanation:

17+5.50h=11+6.75h

- subtract 11 from both sides

-subtract 5.50 from both sides

-divide to get h alone

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.