Question

Roger gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of shoes he sells in a day. His daily earnings goal is $112.

Write an equation to determine how many pairs of shoes, p, Roger must sell in a day to meet his daily earnings goal.

Find the number of pairs of shoes he must sell to meet his daily earnings goal.

Answer 1

Rodger must sell a total of 16 shoes

Answer 2

Explanation:

Equation to determine how many pairs of shoes :- S = 40 + 4.5x

Where,

S is Earnings

x is Shoe

⇒ 112 = 40 + 4.5x

⇒ 40 + 4.5x = 112

⇒ 4.5x = 112 - 40

⇒ 4.5x = 72

⇒ 4.5x/4.5 = 72/4.5

⇒ x = 16

`\therefore` Roger must sell 16 shoes per day to meet his daily earning goal