Question

To paint a house, a painting company charges a flat rate of $500 for supplies, plus $50 for each hour of labor. a. How much would the painting company charge to paint a house that needs 20 hours of labor?

Answer 1

Answer: 1500

Step-by-step explanation: 50x20=1,000 plus the addition price of the supplies 1,000+500= $1500

Answer 2

For 20 hours it would be $1,500.

Explanation:

The equation for this problem would be Y = 50x + 500.

Y is the total charge and x is the number of hours.

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