Question

Aaliyah is a salesperson who sells computers at an electronics store. She makes a base

pay of $70 each day and then is paid a $1.25 commission for every computer sale she
makes. Write an equation for P, in terms of x, representing Aaliyah's total pay on a
day on which she sells x computers.

Answer 1

`P=1.25x+70`

Explanation:

So we know that Aaliyah earns $1.25 commission for every computer she sells. No matter what, she will make $70 per day, so that would be our constant. The $1.25 would be our independent variable since it can change depending on the amount of computers x she sells. Therefore, our equation is:

`P=1.25x+70`

P represents the total pay, 1.25x represents the total commission for x computers, and the 70 is the base pay.

And we're done!