document.write( "Question 1173365: The total commission, in dollars, Jessie earned on selling cars at a dealership in two weeks is given by the expression 800 + 400x. She earns the same amount of commission per car each week. Which situation could be described by this expression?
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B is the answer. D would work for the first part in that it could be $800 per car in the first week, but then the $400 per car the second week violates what was said.
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\n" ); document.write( "C can't work because while it could be right for $800, 400x is not a total commission of $1200; 400x is not known unless x is known.
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\n" ); document.write( "A is not right because she didn't make x dollars the second week but $400x dollars.
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