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if you work h hours a day and you pay 21% of your income for federal income tax and another 8% for miscellaneous deductions, then the expression 0.21h + 0.08h tells you how many hours a day you are working to pay for the those taxes and miscellaneous deductions. simplify this expression. if you work 8 hours a day under these conditions, how many hours do you work to pay for your taxes and miscellaneous deductions?
if you work 8 hours, hours of work pay your taxes and miscellaneous deductions.
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Explanation:

Step1: Combine like - terms

$0.21H + 0.08H=(0.21 + 0.08)H=0.29H$

Step2: Substitute $H = 8$

When $H = 8$, we have $0.29\times8 = 2.32$

Answer:

$2.32$