Sam earns $500 per week plus $25 for every trinket he sells. Let M represent the amount of money he made in a certain week and T represent the number of trinkets that he sold that week.

Question

i) Give an equation that describes the situation.
ii) How many trinkets must he sell to earn $1000
in a single week?

A. i)M=500T
ii) Sam must sell 2 trinkets

B. i)M=25T
ii) Same must sell 20 trinkets

C. i) M=25T
ii) Sam must sell 40 trinkets

D. i)M=500+25T
ii) Sam must sell 20 trinkets

Answer 1

D. i) M = 500 + 25T
ii) Sam must sell 20 trinkets