Question

Javier designs leather shoes at his workshop. He charges $45 for women's shoes and $50 for men's shoes. He needs to make $2,500 per week to meet his expenses. This situation can be given by 45x + 50y = 2,500, where x is the number of women's shoes and y is the number of men's shoes designed by Javier. If he does not have any female customers during a particular week, how many male customers does he need to meet his expenses? (x 0, y 0, x and y take only integer values)

25
35
45
50

Answer 1

x = womens, y = mens

45x + 50y = 2500....if there is no women, then x = 0
45(0) + 50y = 2500
50y = 2500
y = 2500/50
y = 50.....there would be 50 male customers to meet his expenses

Answer 2

50 male customers.

Explanation:

Since the equation that represents given situation is,

45x + 50y = 2,500

Where, x represents the number of female customers of leather shoes,

And, y represents the number of male customers of leather shoes,

If there is no female customers during a particular week,

That is, x = 0,

Then by the above equation,

45(0) + 50y = 2500

50y = 2500

y = 50,

Hence, 50 male customers are needed to meet the expenses.

Last option is correct.