A cleaning service offers a monthly rate of $25 plus $18 per hour they are at your home. Which algebraic expression represents the total cost for x number of hours they clean your home each month?

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anonymous · Answer

T = 18h + 25

anonymous · Answer

If the hours worked is zero, the monthly rate is still going to be 25.  Since it's 18 dollars per hour, you multiply 18 by the number of hours worked.

So it'll be 18h+25 like chlorphyll said.  

It's always helped me to convert things like this from math language to English