A house painting company charges $376 plus $12 per hour. Another painting company charges $280 plus $15 per hour. How long is a job for which companies will charge the same amount?
Set up the cost function C(h) where h is the number of hours.
Company 1:
C(h) = 12h + 376
Company 2:
C(h) = 15h + 280
To see when the companies charge the same amount, set both C(h) functions equal to each other.
12h + 376 = 15h + 280
To solve for h, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
h = 32
Set up the cost function C(h) where h is the number of hours.
Company 1:
C(h) = 12h + 376
Company 2:
C(h) = 15h + 280
To see when the companies charge the same amount, set both C(h) functions equal to each other.
12h + 376 = 15h + 280
To solve for h, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
h = 32