Question

In this section, you’ll analyze and solve linear equations.

Fliers with the new logo have been printed, and you’ll distribute them in hotels, office buildings, and apartment complexes downtown.

To incentivize you to distribute the fliers, your parents offered you one of the following two compensation packages:

A flat fee of $20 plus $0.25 for every new customer who mentions the flier
$0.50 for every new customer who mentions the flier
Which of the following equations can be used to determine the number of new customers, x, needed for both compensation options to result in the same payment?
Question 4 options:

20 + 0.25x = 0.5x

20x + 0.25 = 0.5

20 + 0.5x = 0.25x

20 + 0.5x = 0.25x + 20

Answer 1

Set the two payments equal: flat fee plus $0.25 per customer = $0.50 per customer.

Equation: 20 + 0.25x = 0.5x

Solve: 20 = 0.25x → x = 80.