Stevic delivers newspaper he has already earned $36 delivering the Sunday paper and $12 delivering the Saturday paper He earns $4 for each Sunday paper delivered in 2.50 dollars for each Saturday paper delivered

Enter numbers in the boxes to complete the rules for finding stevic earnings Sunday newspaper start at $ blank and add $ blank
Saturday newspaper start at $ blank and add $ blank

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To find Stevic's earnings based on the newspapers he delivers, we can break down the earnings for each type of newspaper as follows:

  1. Sunday Newspaper:

    • Start amount: $0 (We assume he starts with no base pay for delivering papers)
    • Earnings per Sunday paper delivered: $4
    • Therefore, for each Sunday paper he delivers, he adds $4 to his earnings.

    This can be summarized as:

    • Sunday newspaper start at $ 0 and add $ 4.
  2. Saturday Newspaper:

    • Start amount: $0 (Likewise, we assume no base pay)
    • Earnings per Saturday paper delivered: $2.50
    • Therefore, for each Saturday paper he delivers, he adds $2.50 to his earnings.

    This can be summarized as:

    • Saturday newspaper start at $ 0 and add $ 2.50.

Putting it all together, your filled boxes would read:

  • Sunday newspaper start at $ 0 and add $ 4.
  • Saturday newspaper start at $ 0 and add $ 2.50.