Question

Daniel is paid $10 per week for selling newspaper subscriptions. He is also paid $3.50 for each new customer (x) that signs up for the subscription. Which equation represents the amount (y) Daniel earns per week?

Answer 1

First, we need to set up the equation.

y = amount

x = new customer

Daniel gets 10 dollars each week. Let's think of this as a base pay, there's no variable to it.

So we start with 10.

Next, we have 3.50 dollars each week for each new customer.

So that would be 3.50 times each new customer which would become 3.50x

When you put those two together, you get y = 10 + 3.50x.