Question

an employee earn about 2 dollars per magazine sold and a salary of 10 dollars per week how many magazines will the employee need to sell to make 40 dollars in one week

Answer 1

15 magazines.

Explanation:

40 = 10 + 2 x

-10 both sides

30 = 2x

divide by 2 for both sides

x = 15

Plugging it in

40 = 10 + 2 (15)

40 = 10 + 30

40 = 40