Martha is hiring painters. Paint plus charges a fee of $45 plus $19 an hour. Remodel 'R Us charges a fee of $24 plus $22 an hour. After how many hours
of work will the two companies cost the same? (8.8C)

The answer should be c.

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.