Question

Corinne has a job selling magazines. She earns $7.50 per hour plus 20% of the total amount of her sales. She also gets an allowance of $40 per week for gas. She knows her weekly earnings can be shown using the following expression: 7.50h + 0.20s + 40 Part B: If Corinne works for 25 hours and sells $300 in magazines, how much does she earn for the week? Show your work to receive full creditPart C: If Corinne gets a raise and begins earning $9 per hour, would the coefficient, variable, or constant in the equation change? Why? @AriPotta

Answer 1

so for part b, we're just going to plug in the values.

7.50h + 0.20s + 40
7.50(25) + 0.20(300) + 40 = ?

Answer 2

7.50(25)=187.5 & 0.20(300)= 60

Answer 3

my answer came out to 289

Answer 4

187.5 + 40 + 60 = ?

Answer 5

287.5

Answer 6

so that's your answer for part b

Answer 7

wow that was simple, okay thanks :) what about part C?

Answer 8

so $7.50 an hr is represented by 7.50h. if she begins making $9 an hr, what would it be represented as?

Answer 9

9h ?

Answer 10

yea, so what changed from 7.50h to 9h

Answer 11

the coefficient

Answer 12

yep.

Answer 13

thank you for your help! :)

Answer 14

no problemo~