SOLUTION: A student earns $17 per day for delivering packages overnight. She is paid $5 per day plus 60 cents for each package delivered. How many more deliveries must she make each day to i

SOLUTION: A student earns $17 per day for delivering packages overnight. She is paid $5 per day plus 60 cents for each package delivered. How many more deliveries must she make each day to i

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Question 706026: A student earns $17 per day for delivering packages overnight. She is paid $5 per day plus 60 cents for each package delivered. How many more deliveries must she make each day to increase her daily earnings to $23?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12/0.60=20 packages
12/20=18/x
12x=360
x=360/12
x=30 packages
30-20=10 more needed
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