Question

Aria is a songwriter who collects royalties on her songs whenever they are played in a

commercial or a movie. Aria will earn $20 every time one of her songs is played in a
commercial and she will earn $80 every time one of her songs is played in a movie.
Aria earned a total of $400 in royalties on 11 commercials and movies. Determine the
number of commercials and the number of movies on which Aria's songs were
played.

Answer 1

number of commercial=4

number of movies=4

4 times 20=80

80 times 4= 320

320+80=400

Explanation:

Answer 2

Commercials = 8 and Movies = 3

Explanation:

3 (movies) x 80 = 240

8 (comm) x 20 = 160

240 + 160 = 400

3 + 8 = 11