Question

Jackson Intermediate School is doing a fund raiser selling magazine subscriptions. The magazine publisher will pay the school a starting bonus of $500 and then $4 for each magazine subscription sold. At the end of the fund raiser the school is paid a total of $1360. How many subscriptions did they sell?

Answer 1

Jackson Intermediate School sold 215 magazine subscriptions. The calculation involves setting up and solving an equation that represents the total earnings from the fundraiser, considering the starting bonus and earnings per subscription.

Step-by-step explanation:

How many magazine subscriptions did Jackson Intermediate School sell?

To determine the number of magazine subscriptions sold by Jackson Intermediate School, we can set up the following equation:

Let x be the number of subscriptions sold. Then, the total amount earned from selling x subscriptions is $500 (starting bonus) + $4x (earnings per subscription). We are given that the total amount paid to the school is $1360. Therefore, we can write the equation:

$500 + $4x = $1360

Now, let's solve for x:

1. Subtract $500 from both sides of the equation to isolate the term with x:
   $4x = $1360 - $500
2. Simplify the right side:
   $4x = $860
3. Divide both sides by $4 to solve for x:
   $x = $860 / $4
4. Calculate the value of x:
   $x = 215

The school sold 215 magazine subscriptions.