Your monthly commission as an appliance sales person is represented by the equation, S = 50x+450, where 50 is the rate paid for each appliance sold, x is the number of appliances sold, 450 is the base pay per month, and S is the salary. Complete the following table to represent your total salary for x appliances sold. Show your work for each one.
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x14 22 25 40 51
S
Substitute the value for x and solve the equation for S.
S = 50(14) + 450 = 700 + 450 = 1150
Do the same for the other values.
To complete the table, we'll substitute each value of x into the equation S = 50x + 450 and calculate the corresponding value of S.
For x = 14:
S = 50(14) + 450
S = 700 + 450
S = 1150
For x = 22:
S = 50(22) + 450
S = 1100 + 450
S = 1550
For x = 25:
S = 50(25) + 450
S = 1250 + 450
S = 1700
For x = 40:
S = 50(40) + 450
S = 2000 + 450
S = 2450
For x = 51:
S = 50(51) + 450
S = 2550 + 450
S = 3000
The completed table is as follows:
x | S
14 | 1150
22 | 1550
25 | 1700
40 | 2450
51 | 3000