Question

Paul writes newspaper articles. He earns a base rate of $500 per month and an additional $100 per article he writes. Last month he earned $2000.

Write an equation to determine the number of articles (a) he sold last month.

Answer 1

Total earning last month with x articles is:

• x*100 + 500

This is same amount as 2000

The equation is:

• 100x + 500 = 2000