SOLUTION: Maria painted flowers on 10 plates and earned $50.Write and solve an equation to find out how much she earned for each plate.

Question 689525: Maria painted flowers on 10 plates and earned $50.Write and solve an equation to find out how much she earned for each plate.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For each plate, she earned
Let = the number of plates she painted
Let = amount she earned for painting number of plates

If you plot this, here's what it looks like:

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