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You want to figure out the hourly pay rate for your new job. Your boss told you that in terms of some secret variable xx, the function that represents your pay is p(x)=20x+8p(x)=20x+8 and the function that represents number of hours worked is h(x)=4xh(x)=4x. How much do you make in your first hour of work?

(Hint: Start by finding what xx is when h(x)=1h(x)=1.)

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