SOLUTION: Youre a plumber and youll charge a certain amount just for showing up at a job and youll also charge a certain rate per gour of work ( billed in half hour increments ) how do I fin

Question 1106747: Youre a plumber and youll charge a certain amount just for showing up at a job and youll also charge a certain rate per gour of work ( billed in half hour increments ) how do I find the charge for you to just show up at a job and how do I find what the per hour charge is
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note per hour is per two half-hours.

, what you charge, y.

If r is rate per half-hour, then 2r is rate per 1 hour; and this means, m=2r.

The quantity to charge just for show up by itself is b.

Your description gave no values;
for x number of HOURS, and rate per HOUR of 2r.
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