SOLUTION: Picky Painters charges a flat fee of $300 plus $20 per hour for labor. Color Creators charges a flat fee of $500 plus $12 per hour for labor. After how many hours will the charges

Question 524079: Picky Painters charges a flat fee of $300 plus $20 per hour for labor. Color Creators charges a flat fee of $500 plus $12 per hour for labor. After how many hours will the charges for each company be equal? What is the charge? I need the system.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the total charge
Let = number of hours
The equation for PP is:

The equation for CC is:

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Set the equations equal to eachother

After 25 hours, the charges will be the same
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