SOLUTION: 1. Paul’s Plumbing charges a flat fee of $90 plus $40/h for a plumbing job. Perfect Pipes charges a flat fee of $60 plus $55/h for a plumbing job. A. Write expressions to represen

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Question 905718: 1. Paul’s Plumbing charges a flat fee of $90 plus $40/h for a plumbing job. Perfect Pipes charges a flat fee of $60 plus $55/h for a plumbing job.
A. Write expressions to represent the total costs of a plumbing job for each company.
Let h represent the time, in hours, of a plumbing job.
B. Is the cost of a 3-hour-long plumbing job the same at both companies?
Write and use an equation to find out.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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(a)
Paul's Plumbing:
+C+=+90+%2B+40h+
Perfect Pipes:
+C+=+60+%2B+55h+
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(b)
+h+=+3+
Paul's Plumbing:
+C+=+90+%2B+40%2A3+
+C+=+90+%2B+120+
+C+=+210+
Perfect Pipes:
+C+=+60+%2B+55h+
+C+=+60+%2B+55%2A3+
+C+=+60+%2B+165+
+C+=+225+
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