Algebra Translation

Question

1. A recipe for brownies calls for twice as much flour as sugar.

2. What is the weekly salary of a salesperson fir he/sh receives $200 per week plus 6% of the sales he/sh has made that week?

 

Answer 1

Is that all of the information for question 1?

If we let x = the amount of sugar needed for the brownies, then 2x = the amount of flour needed

 

For question 2, if we let s = the weekly sales made by the salesperson, then his weekly salary is:

 

200 + .06x

 

Recall that 6% = 0.06 as a decimal