Question

A company sells two versions of an antivirus software. The home edition costs $23.50, and the business edition costs $58.75. Last week, the company earned $29,668.75 from selling 745 copies of the software.

If x represents the number of copies of the home edition sold and y represents the number of copies of the business edition sold, which system of equations represents this situation?

Answer 1

x + y = 745

23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75

Explanation:

Since 745 copies were sold and x represents the number of copies of the home edition sold and y represents the number of copies of the business edition sold:

x + y = 745

Since the home edition costs $23.50, and the business edition costs $58.75:

The money earned from home edition is = 23.50x

The money earned from business edition is = 58.75y

Since the company earned $29,668.75:

23.50x + 58.75y = 29,668.75