Derrick's Dog Sitting and Darlene's Dog Sitting are competing for new business. Derrick's Dog Sitting charges $14 plus $5 per hour. Darlene's Dog Sitting charges $18 plus $3 per hour.


Part 1 out of 2
Complete and solve the equation that can be solved to find the number of hours for which the total cost will be the same for the two services. In your equation, use x to represent the number of hours of dog sitting.


The equation is ___=___.
The total cost will be the same for the two services at _____ hours.

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