SOLUTION: Need help figuring this out: Scenario: You have a part-time job delivering packages. Your current employer pays you a flat rate to deliver packages. You discover that a competit

Question 238970: Need help figuring this out:
Scenario: You have a part-time job delivering packages. Your current employer pays you a flat rate to deliver packages. You discover that a competitor pays its employees hourly in addition to paying them a flat rate per package.
Question:
Develop an algebraic equation with clearly defined variables to represent the cost/yield of each option.
my first attempt:
X= packages delivered Y = hours worked
a. .75x = .05x+8(15)
b. .75(200) = .05(200) + 8y

I was told that this was too complex nd needed to be simplified.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your current employer pays you a flat rate to deliver packages. You discover that a competitor pays its employees hourly in addition to paying them a flat rate per package.
Question:
Develop an algebraic equation with clearly defined variables to represent the cost/yield of each option.
my first attempt:
X= packages delivered Y = hours worked
a. .75x = .05x+8(15)
b. .75(200) = .05(200) + 8y
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Your employer:
If flat rate is $0.75, and the number of packages you deliver is "x"
and your pay is A(x),
A(x) = 0.75x
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Other employer:
If his hourly rate is "0.25" per h hours, and his package rate is "0.15" per
package, and the number of packages delivered is "x" and the pay is B(x)
B(x) = 0.25h + 0.15x
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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