Question

Melissa has her own catering service. So far this year her company has generated income of $45,750. If she charges an average of $350 for each catering job, which linear equation could be used to find the company's total (t) income after completeing jobs?

Answer 1

t = 350x + 45,750

Explanation:

The linear equation that would represent this scenario perfectly would be the following

t = 350x + 45,750

In this equation, the variable x represents the total number of catering jobs that Melissa and her company are completing. This variable gets multiplied by the cost that she charges for each individual job. Finally, the total amount of money that she has already made so far this year is added to that product to give us the total income that she would make for the year after completing the jobs.