SOLUTION: A salesman gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of athletic shoes he sells in a day. Write an equation to represent how many pairs of shoes p he must s

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Question 916701: A salesman gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of athletic shoes he sells in a day.
Write an equation to represent how many pairs of shoes p he must sell in a day to make $112 on that day.

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A salesman gets $40 per day as wages and $4.50 as commission for every pair of athletic shoes he sells in a day.
Write an equation to represent how many pairs of shoes p he must sell in a day to make $112 on that day.
:
4.50P + 40 = 112

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