On a job a contractor's total hourly wage paid for 2 masons, 2 apprentice mason and 1 laborer is $105.50 per hour.  If he pays each mason $28.75 per hour, and each apprentice mason $14.25 per hour, how much does he pay the laborer per hour?

What will be an ideal response?


$19.50

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