A student gets paid to deliver newspaper after school. She earns $25 a day, plus an extra $0.75 for each newspaper

Question

A student gets paid to deliver newspaper after school. She earns $25 a day, plus an extra $0.75 for each newspaper she delivers and $5 for each new customer she signs up for delivery. If d=days, n=newspaper, and c=customers, what function can she use to calculate her earnings?

A.) T=25d+3/4n + 5c
B.) T=25d(3/4n) + 5c
C.) T=25/d+n+5c
D.) T=25d+n/4+5/c

Answer 1

Hi Emoni,

 

If d=days,n=newspaper, and c=customers, 

 

$25 a day so for d days she earns 25d

 

$0.75 for each newspaper she delivers so she earns for n newspapers 0.75n=3/4n

 

$5 for new customers, she earns 5c

 

so total she earns= 25d+3/4n+5c

 

 

Answer:A