Question 1104015
I am going to assume that the dollar values given are PER CHAIR.

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           hours/chair   dollars/chair   quantity

Method 1     0.5          8               x

Method 2    22            7               y

TOTAL       181       cost: $1096
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Write two equations.  One to account for how many hours, and another to account for the cost of the refinishing.

{{{system(0.5x+22y=181,8x+7y=1096)}}}

Simplify and solve the system of equations for x and y.


( not yet tried to solve the system, so not know if my assumption correct.  WHOLE numbers needed for result )