SOLUTION: The total commission, in dollars, Jessie earned on selling cars at a dealership in two weeks is given by the expression 800 + 400x. She earns the same amount of commission per car

Question 1173365: The total commission, in dollars, Jessie earned on selling cars at a dealership in two weeks is given by the expression 800 + 400x. She earns the same amount of commission per car each week. Which situation could be described by this expression?
A. Jessie earned a total commission of $800 in the first week and x dollars in the second week.
B. Jessie sold 2 cars in the first week and x number of cars in the second week, earning a commission of $400 on each car.
C. Jessie sold 1 car in the first week, earning $800, and x number of cars in the second week, earning a total commission of $1200.
D. Jessie earned a commission of $800 on each car in the first week and $400 on each car in the second week, selling x number of cars each week.

Found 2 solutions by Boreal, ikleyn:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
B is the answer. D would work for the first part in that it could be $800 per car in the first week, but then the $400 per car the second week violates what was said.
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C can't work because while it could be right for $800, 400x is not a total commission of $1200; 400x is not known unless x is known.
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A is not right because she didn't make x dollars the second week but $400x dollars.

Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In my view, the post is worded, formulated and presented INCORRECTLY.

It is incorrect in its first statement,

because it DOES NOT explain what the variable "x" is.

From the first glance, it is CLEARLY SEEN that the author of this post is INCOMPETENT and UNPROFESSIONAL
in formulations of Math problems.

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