Question

Stetson rents

studio space for
$600 a month for
music lessons. He
charges his
students $40 per
hour and earned a
profit of $2400
this month.
is it (600+40)x=2400
or
40x-600=2400​

Answer 1

It will be the first option.

Explanation:

Why? because you are trying to get the total amount so you need to cancel everything and have the final answer.

and it will be like this:

(600+40)x=2400

x=2400÷ 640

x=3.75

and if you round it; x=4