Felipe wants to earn more than $71 trimming trees. He charges $7 per hour and pays $6 in equipment fees. What are the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees? Use t for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
To determine the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees, we need to set up an inequality based on the information given.
Felipe's earnings must be more than $71, so we can set up the following equation:
7t - 6 > 71
Solving for t, we get:
7t > 77
Dividing by 7 on both sides:
t > 11
Therefore, the possible numbers of hours Felipe could trim trees are t > 11. This means Felipe must trim trees for more than 11 hours to earn more than $71.