Question

Kylie works as a salesperson at an electronics store and sells phones and phone

accessories. Kylie earns a $15 commission for every phone she sells and a $2
commission for every accessory she sells. On a given day, Kylie made a total of $352
in commission and sold 6 more accessories than phones. Determine the number of
phones sold and the number of accessories sold.

Answer 1

Let's start by defining some variables:

Let's call "P" the number of phones sold.

Let's call "A" the number of accessories sold.

From the problem, we know that:

Kylie earns a $15 commission for every phone she sells, so the commission she earns from selling phones is 15P.

Kylie earns a $2 commission for every accessory she sells, so the commission she earns from selling accessories is 2A.

Kylie made a total of $352 in commission, so we can write the equation:

15P + 2A = 352

We also know that Kylie sold 6 more accessories than phones, so we can write:

A = P + 6

Now we can substitute the second equation into the first equation and solve for P: 15P + 2(P + 6) = 352

15P + 2P + 12 = 352

17P = 340

P = 20

So Kylie sold 20 phones. We can use the second equation to find the number of accessories sold:

A = P + 6

A = 20 + 6

A = 26

Answer 2

20 phones 26 accessories

Explanation:

300÷15=20

52÷2=26