Question

Justin is a software salesman. his base salary is $1500 , and he makes an additional $40 for every copy of english is fun he sells. let p represent his total pay (in dollars), and let n represent the number of copies of english is fun he sells. write an equation relating p to n . then use this equation to find his total pay if he sells 23 copies of english is fun.

Answer 1

P = total pay
n = number of copies

P = 1,500 + 40n

Therefore, if Justin sells 23 copies, his total pay will be:

P = 1,500 + 40(23)

P = $2,420