Question

Bill makes leather shoes. He charges $45 for a pair of women's shoes and $50 for a pair of men's shoes. He sells x pairs of women’s shoes and y pairs of men’s shoes each week and earns a total income of $2,500.

This situation can be represented by the equation
. If Bill has no female customers during a particular week, he needs to sell
pairs of men’s shoes to earn his weekly income of $2,500.

Answer 1

Bill needs to sell 50 pairs of men’s clothes.

Explanation:

50y = 2500

Divide by 50 on both sides

2500/50 = 50

Answer 2

45x + 50y = 2,500 and 50 pairs

Explanation:

you are adding together the amount of women's shoes(x) and men's shoes(y) that bill has sold. he has already achieved his $2,500 goal so therefore the amount of men's shoes he has sold (y) will be your second answer.