Question

Marcello is an artist who makes oil paintings and charcoal sketches. He sells each oil painting for $500 and each charcoal sketch for $300. Marcello wants to create 56 works total. Write and solve a system of equations to determine how many pieces of artwork he must sell in order to make exactly $20,000

Answer 1

He needs to sell 25 pieces of artwork.

Explanation:

$500 for an oil painting.

$300 for a charcoal sketch.

56 pieces of artwork total.

$20,000 goal.

500 + 300

= 800

$800 for 1 oil painting and 1 charcoal sketch.

20,000 ÷ 800

= 25

He needs to sell 25 pieces of artwork to make $20,000.