Acontractor charges $273 to tile a 120-square-foot patio and $368 to tile a 170-square-foot patio. the contractor charged a customer $539 to tile a patio under this same pricing plan. what was the area of the patio that was tiled? question 8 options: 1070 sq ft 494 sq ft 341 sq ft 260 sq ft

To solve this problem you can apply the proccedure shown below:

1. You have that the contractor charges to tile a patio and to tile a . Then, you have:

2. As you can see, the price increases each . Therefore, based on this, if the contractor charged a customer to tile a patio, you can calculate the difference between the first price and this one:

3. Then, if the price increases each , the area of this patio is:

The answer is:

x=17

step-by-step explanation:

solve 3x-24=x+10

then that makes it 2x=34 because you subtract an x from both sides to get rid of the one on the right, and then you add 24 to both sides to get rid of the 24 on the left

divide by both sides by 2 to get your answer so that you can get your answer