Question

Employee A gets paid $150 weekly, plus $0.50 for each latte they sell. If he was paid $275,how many lattes did he sell this week?

Answer 1

Let x be the number of latter he sold this week

Let us first set the equation

y = 0.5x + 150 where y is the total pay

275 = 0.5x + 150

Let's go ahead and solve for x

substract 150 from both-side

275 - 150 = 0.50x

125 = 0.50x

Divide both-side by 0.50

250 =x

Hence, he sold 250 lattes