Mr. vander heydens tie costs 3 times as much as mr bentelys tie. together they spent $128. what what the price of each of their ties?

Val and tony get paid per project. val is paid a project fee of $44 plus $12 per hour. tony is paid a project fee of $35 plus $15 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on a project.