What is 22 times 2 do it quickly

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.

What percent of 18 is 24? and plz explain thx.

George writes the mixed number as sum and uses the distributive property 1/2.-2/5=1/2-2+2/5=1/2