Question

He has a record contract that Pays him a base rate of $200 a month and then additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644. How many albums did he sell last month

Answer 1

He sold a total of 37 albums last month.

Explanation:

Given,

Total earned money = $644

Base payment = $200

Additional payment for each album = $12

We have to find the number of albums sold by him.

Solution,

Let the number of albums be 'a'.

Total earned money is the sum of base payment and additional payment for each album multiplied with number of albums sold.

So framing in equation form, we get;

`644=200+12a`

Subtracting both side by '200' using subtraction property, we get;

`200+12a-200=644-200\\\\12a=444`

Now dividing both side by '12' using division property, we get;

`(12a)/(12)=(444)/(12)\\\\a=37`

Hence he sold a total of 37 albums last month.