Question

2. 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
hours of labor? A house that needs 50 hours?

Answer 1

If a house need 50 hours to paint, it will cost $3000

Explanation:
--- According to the problem, $500 is the cost for supplies, which means that for every house, that cost will be there. In other words, this payment never changes no matter the house. So far you pay $500

--- Now, the problem says that you pay $50 for each hour of labor. Since the house need 50 hours, we will multiply 50 (the cost) by 50 (the hours) = 2500.

--- Now we put the payments together. 500 + 2500 = 3000. So it will cost $3000 to paint a house that need 50 hours.