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Juma earns $12.50 for each newspaper

subscription he sells. He also earns a $50
base salary each week. If he wants to
earn $400 next week, how many
newspaper subscriptions does he need to
sell? Write an equation and solve.

User Neemaximo
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400=12.50x+50

400-50=12.50x
350=12.50x
350÷12.50=x
28=x

he would have to sell 28 news paper subscriptions
User ElegyD
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