Question

Floyd is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $200 a month and an additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644. Write an equation to determine the number of albums Floyd sold last month.

Answer 1

`37\ albums`

Explanation:

Let

x -----> the number of albums Floyd sold last month

we know that

The number of albums Floyd sold last month multiplied by $12 for each album plus a base rate of $200 must be equal to the total earned.

Last month he earned a total of $644

so

The linear equation that represent this problem is

`12x+200=644`

Solve for x

subtract 200 both sides

`12x=644-200`

`12x=444`

Divide by 12 both sides

`x=37\ albums`