Question

You’ve started running advertisements at the beginning of some of your streams for a little extra revenue. You currently earn $76.30 in daily revenue; however, for every 1,000 views on your videos, you earn an additional $15.

Unfortunately, the online platform you stream on takes a 20% (or 0.20) cut from this as a commission.

If the following equation represents the number of views, x, to reach $100 in total daily revenue, what’s the value of x?

0.80 x 15 x x/1000 +76.30 = 100

Question 14 options:

x = 2,005 views

x = 1,975 views

x = 1,850 views

x = 2,225 views

Answer 1

First rewrite the expression: 0.80·15·(x/1000) + 76.30 = 100.

Simplify 0.80·15·(x/1000) = 0.012x, so
0.012x + 76.30 = 100
0.012x = 23.70
x = 23.70 / 0.012 = 1,975.

Answer: x = 1,975 views.