Lena earns 54 dollars each week working part-time at a bookstore

Question

Lena earns 54 dollars each week working part-time at a bookstore. She earns one additional dollar for each book that she sells. Let A be the amount (in dollars) that Lena earns in a week if she sells B books.Write an equation relating A to B. Then use this equation to find the amount of money Lena earns if she sells 34 books.

Equation:  

Amount Lena earns is she sells 34 books: ____ dollars

Answer 1

A = 54 + (1)B

A = 54 + B

A(34) = 54 +34 = $88 = total earned in one week if she sold 34 books