Question

A sales associate is given a $500 hiring bonus with a new job. She earns an average commision of $250 per week for the next 12 weeks. How much does she earn?

Answer 1

500+250x; 12
500+250(12)
500+3,000
3,500

Answer 2

Find out the How much does she earn .

To prove

Let us total amount she earn in 12 weeks be x .

As given

A sales associate is given a $500 hiring bonus with a new job.

She earns an average commision of $250 per week for the next 12 weeks.

Than the equation becomes

x = 500 + 250 × 12

solving the above

x = 500 + 3000

x = $3500

Therefore she earn be $3500 .

Hence proved