Bentley is deciding between two landscaping companies for his place of business company A charges $40 per hour and $175 equipment fee company B charges $50 per hour and a $125 equipment fee let A represent the amount company b would be

A = 40x + 175

B  = 50x + 125

5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

The equations are as follows:

According to the question

Let us assume the number of hours be x

For company A

40x + 175

For company B

50x + 125

Now equate these two equations

40x + 175 = 50x + 125

175 - 125 = 10x

x = 5

Hence, the number of hours is 5

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

good luck on your studies! : )

david edward.