document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358365>Question 358365</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with a linear word problem and equation (Please explain how you got your answer because I'm confused. Thank you.):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Fundrasing: To raise money, your student council is selling magazine subscriptions. The student council will receive a one-time bonus of $150 from the magazine publisher plus 38% of the subscription money. The following verbal model represents the situation. Write a linear equation from the verbal model.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Money  =  Bonus +  Subscription  .  Subscription<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Raised             Percentage       Money\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I got was m=150+0.38x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One more thing:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much subscription money is needed for the council to raise a total of $300? Round your answer to the nearest dollor.    </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To raise money, your student council is selling magazine subscriptions. The student council will receive a one-time bonus of $150 from the magazine publisher plus 38% of the subscription money. The following verbal model represents the situation. Write a linear equation from the verbal model.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the subscription  be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they recieve 38% of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "per subscription they receive 0.38x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 150+0.38x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300=150+0.38x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300-150=0.38x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150=0.38x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/0.38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150/0.38=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3947 is the subscription money required<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca<BR>\n" );
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