Question

Sam picks corn on his uncle's farm. His uncle pays him $0.40 per basket for the first 50 baskets of corn that he picks in a day and $0.50 per basket for all baskets picked over 50. On Friday Sam picked 120 baskets of corn. How much did he earn?

Answer 1

$55

Explanation:

Find out the number of baskets paid at $0.5/basket:

Since the first 50 are paid for $0.4, and he picked 130 baskets, we can subtract 50 from 120, giving us 70.

Finding the amount paid at $0.4/basket:

50*$0.4 = $20

Finding the amount paid at $0.5/basket:

70*$0.5 = $35

Total = $55