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Roger gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of shoes he sells in a day. His daily earnings goal is $112. Write an equation to determine how many pairs of shoes, p, Roger must
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Roger gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of shoes he sells in a day. His daily earnings goal is $112. Write an equation to determine how many pairs of shoes, p, Roger must sell in a day to meet his daily earnings goal.

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Answer:

112=4.5p+40

16

Explanation:

User Cristian Toma
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112 = 4.5p + 40
subtract 40 from both sides
72 = 4.5p
divide by 4.5 on both sides to get 'p' by itself
16 = p
this means that Roger must make 16 pairs of shoes in order to meet his daily earnings goal of $112
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