A car salesman will make $1400 salary this month and will earn an extra $500 each time he sells a car. Write an equation for the situation. Determine how much money he will make if he sells 7 cars.​

Given:

Fixed salary = $1400

Additional salary = $500 each time he sells a car.

To find:

The equation for the situation and how much money he will make if he sells 7 cars.​

Solution:

Let y be the total salary of the salesman after selling x cars.

He will earn an extra $500 each time he sells a car. So, extra money earned by him after selling x cars is 500x.

Total salary = Fixed salary + Additional salary

Substituting , we get

Therefore, the required equation for the given situation is and the salesman will earn $4900 if he sells 7 cars.​

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