Question

1. mario and luigi are plumbers. mario gets paid a fixed fee of $30 plus $12 per hour. luigi gets paid a fixed fee of $20 plus $14 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on the project. 3b. what if they got paid $18 per hour. how much would they make together?

Explanation:

Step1: Define variable for hours

Let $h$ = number of hours worked.

Step2: Mario's total pay formula

Mario's pay: $30 + 12h$

Step3: Luigi's total pay formula

Luigi's pay: $20 + 14h$

Step4: Combine total pay

Total pay = $(30 + 12h) + (20 + 14h)$
Simplify: $30+20 + 12h+14h = 50 + 26h$

Answer:

The expression for the total amount the company pays both is $\boldsymbol{50 + 26h}$ where $h$ is the number of hours they each work.