Question

At her part-time job, Shelly earns $50.00 per day, plus $5.00 for every sale that she

makes. If she earned $85 today, how many sales did she make?
Equation:

Answer 1

1. Subtract 85-50=30
2. Divide 30/5=6
She made 6 sales

Answer 2

Explanation:

Shelly made 7 sales during today

She made fifty dollars then sold 7 things which gave her 35 dollars to get 85 dollars