Question

Suppose you run a business that develops Web sites for e-commerce. You charge a flat fee of $2,700 to create the Web site. One of your clients also pays you a $15 bonus for every seven people who visit the site. How many people need to visit the Web site in order for you to match your fee for creating the Web site? Write an equation and solve it.

Answer 1

(15/7)x = 2700; x = 1260

Explanation:

Let x be the number of people who visit the site and b be the bonus.

Your bonus increases by $15/7 people, so

b = (15/7)x

Your bonus must equal $2700.

The equation to solve for the number of visitors is

(15/7)x = 2700 Multiply each side by 7

15x = 18 900 Divide each side by 15

x = 1260

1260 people must visit the website.