Question

Rachel works part-time from home as a data entry professional. She enters data in forms and is paid based on the entry accuracy rate. The table below shows her compensation.


tier 1-17$
tier 2- 13$
tier 3-10$
Based on her regular performance, the equation below can be used to determine C, the total amount Rachel earns a month entering data, where x represents the total number of forms she completes that month.

C = 17(0.9x) + 13(0.05x) + 0(0.05x)

What is the minimum number of forms she must complete in a month to earn a total of at least $1,276?

59

70

79

80

Answer 1

is the equation for C supposed to end with 10(0.05x) ? right now, it has a zero instead of a 10. But it looks like it's supposed to be $10, like for tier 3.

Answer 2

yes tier 3 is 10$

Answer 3

what will be the total number of forms?

Answer 4

40? right

Answer 5

im soooo lost. i understand simple algebra. not this. (x

Answer 6

its okay I am a little stuck too lol

Answer 7

like if i distributed, then added like terms, i got 1276=80.8x
but if you divide that to get x by itself, you get a long decimal..

Answer 8

You made an error adding terms... but that's the right idea.

Answer 9

wait, is it 80? (x

Answer 10

I am going to ask a friend brb

Answer 11

Unless there is another typo error...

When I add 17(0.9x) + 13(0.05x) + 10(0.05x), I get 16.45x

Answer 12

So I got C = 16.45x

Answer 13

And you know C must be at least $1276

So you can say 1276 = 16.45x

Answer 14

its 70

Answer 15

How did you come up with 70?

Answer 16

thank you!
B.R.M