Question

Bill makes leather shoes. He charges $45 for a pair of women's shoes and $50 for a pair of men's shoes. He sells x pairs of women’s shoes and y pairs of men’s shoes each week and earns a total income of $2,500. This situation can be represented by the equation . If Bill has no female customers during a particular week, he needs to sell pairs of men’s shoes to earn his weekly income of $2,500. NextReset

Answer 1

$45x +$50y =$2,500
Since you want to know how many men's shoes he must sell to make $2500 , plug 0 in for x pairs of women's shoes.
$45(0) + $50y =$2,500
0 + $50y =$2,500
$50y = $2,500
$50y/50= $2,500/$50
y = 50

He must sell 50 pairs of men's shoes to still earn his weekly income of $2,500

Check

$45(0) + $50(50) = $2,500
$0 + $2500= $2,500
$2500 = $2500