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 A: Identify a coefficient, a variable, and a constant in this expression. (3 points) 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 credit. (4 points) Part C: If Corinne gets a raise and begins earning $9 per hour, would the coefficient, variable, or constant in the equation change? Why? (3 points

Answer 1

Earnings=20% of sales+7.5h+40

coeficinets are 7.5 and 0.2
vraiables are h and s
constant is 40

B. if h=25 and s=30 input,
7.5*25+0.2*300+40=$287.50


C
new equation is 9h+0.2s+40
coefienct woud be 9 and 0.2
variable is h and s
constant is 4