At the Fawlty Towers Hotel, it takes the Housekeeping Manager 2 hours to supervise 4 Room Maids' cleaning of 20 rooms. The Housekeeping manager is paid $25 per hour and the Room Maids are paid $16 per hour. What will be the total labour cost to clean all of the hotel's 32 rooms?

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The total labor cost includes the wages of both the Housekeeping Manager and the Room Maids. For 20 rooms, the Housekeeping Manager works for 2 hours, earning $50 (2 hours * $25/hour). Each Room Maid is paid $16 per hour, and for 20 rooms, they each work 2 hours, totaling $128 (4 maids * $16/hour * 2 hours). This makes the total cost for 20 rooms $178 ($50 + $128). To clean 32 rooms, which is 1.6 times more rooms than 20, the costs would increase by the same factor, leading to a total cost of $284.80 ($178 * 1.6).

At the Fawlty Towers Hotel, It Takes the Housekeeping Manager