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30 August, 06:06

Roger gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of shoes he sells in a day. His daily earnings goal is $112. Write an equation to determine how many pairs of shoes, p, Roger must sell in a day to meet his daily earnings goal.

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  1. 30 August, 06:15
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    112 = 4.5p + 40

    subtract 40 from both sides

    72 = 4.5p

    divide by 4.5 on both sides to get 'p' by itself

    16 = p

    this means that Roger must make 16 pairs of shoes in order to meet his daily earnings goal of $112
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