To paint a house, a painting company charges a flat rate of $500 for supplies, plus $50 for each hour of labor.

How much would the painting company charge to paint a house that needs 20 hours of labor?

Do not include units ($) in your answer.

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To paint a house, a painting company charges a flat rate of $500 for supplies, plus $50 for each hour of labor.

How much would the painting company charge to paint a house that needs 20 hours of labor?

Do not include units ($) in your answer.

mnjones12 · Answer

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Answer: For 20 hours it would be $1,500 and for 50 hours it would be $3,000.

Step-by-step explanation:

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

Y is the total charge and x is the amount of hours. Plug in 20 and 50, and then you have your answer.

Capalot · Answer

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mxddi3 · Answer

So from the information, we need to first write the equation. since it's 50 per hour of labor, this is 50x and then there is a flat rate of 500, this is our constant. 
our equation is $$y=50x+500$$
then if you need to find the cost for 20 hours, plug 20 in for x

$$y=50(20)+500$$

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