SOLUTION: Chad sells custom T-shirts with five of his friends. If the earnings are divided evenly, how much must the business make in order for each person to earn $45?What is the variable f

Question 467850: Chad sells custom T-shirts with five of his friends. If the earnings are divided evenly, how much must the business make in order for each person to earn $45?What is the variable for this problem?
Answer by gwendolyn(128) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 6 people selling tshirts who split the profits. If each of the 6 friends gets 45 dollars, 45 must be one sixth of the total profit. So:

If we divide both sides by one sixth (or multiply by six) we see that:
p=270
The business must make $270.
The variable in this problem is p, which represents the total income the business receives.
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