Question

eric is a salesman he earns 200 per week plus 8 per every item he sells write an expression to show how much eric will earn this week if he sells m items.

Answer 1

200 + 8m =

Explanation:

Keyword: "this week"

Since this week, his paycheck starts off with 200, you start off with 200.

Per item, he earns 8, and so 8(amount of items) will be how much he'll earn off of these items.

Example: Say Eric sold 10 items in a week, 200 + 8(10) = 280