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Jacob is a construction worker who earns a yearly income given by the expression 2000x+4000, where x is the number of hours he works each week. Carlos works with Jacob and earns a yearly income given by the expression 3600x-40000. A manager predicts that if Carlos and Jacob each work 38 hours, they will earn the same amount of money. What is the number of hours that makes the equation true?

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I think the answer is 39,000 :)
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