Given:
Fixed salary = $1400
Additional salary = $500 each time he sells a car.
To find:
The equation for the situation and how much money he will make if he sells 7 cars.
Solution:
Let y be the total salary of the salesman after selling x cars.
He will earn an extra $500 each time he sells a car. So, extra money earned by him after selling x cars is 500x.
Total salary = Fixed salary + Additional salary
Substituting , we get
Therefore, the required equation for the given situation is and the salesman will earn $4900 if he sells 7 cars.