SOLUTION: Connor has hired two painters to paint his house. The first painter charges $12 an hour and the second painter charges $11 an hour. It will take 15 hours of labor to paint the hous

Question 378114: Connor has hired two painters to paint his house. The first painter charges $12 an hour and the second painter charges $11 an hour. It will take 15 hours of labor to paint the house.
a. Write a polynomial to represent the total cost of the job if the first painter does x hours of the labor.
b. Write a polynomial ot represent the total cost of the job if the second painter does y hours of the labor.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Connor has hired two painters to paint his house. The first painter charges $12 an hour and the second painter charges $11 an hour.
It will take 15 hours of labor to paint the house.
a. Write a polynomial to represent the total cost of the job if the first painter does x hours of the labor.
Cost = 12x + 11(15-x)
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b. Write a polynomial to represent the total cost of the job if the second painter does y hours of the labor.
Cost = 12(15-y)+11y
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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