SOLUTION: A finishing carpenter is working on a partial home renovation project, and the homeowner has asked the carpenter how much it would cost to replace the baseboards in the bathroom

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Question 1127252: A finishing carpenter is working on a partial home
renovation project, and the homeowner has asked
the carpenter how much it would cost to replace
the baseboards in the bathroom. The floor plan of
the bathroom is shown on the right. The carpenter
bills his time at a rate of $45.00/h and he charges a
markup of 15% on materials. Baseboard costs $6.50
a linear foot and the carpenter estimates it will take
him two-and-a-half hours. How much does he tell
the homeowner it will cost? List any assumptions you
made in your calculations.
Answer by ikleyn(52832)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Regarding this post, I'd like to make couple notices about two circumstances that make the solution IMPOSSIBLE. 


    1.  First notice is the question - how far on the right is the floor plan mentioned in the condition.


    2.  The second notice is that the baseboard CAN NOT cost $6.50 a linear foot - only SQUARE FOOT is priced, not the linear one.


My impression is that this Algebra problem was invented by the former English teacher.

It is the same as if me, with my English as a second language come to the class to teach students English.

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    I have nothing against English teachers, but I think that everybody should do his (or her) own professional job.


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