Marc is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $200 a month and an additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644. If a is the number of albums Marc sold last month, which of the following equations best describes the situation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 200+12a=644(B) 644+12a=200(C) 200−12a=644(D) 12+200a=644
Q. Marc is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $200 a month and an additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644. If a is the number of albums Marc sold last month, which of the following equations best describes the situation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 200+12a=644(B) 644+12a=200(C) 200−12a=644(D) 12+200a=644
Identify base rate and additional amount: Identify the base rate and the additional amount per album sold.Marc has a base rate of $200 a month and earns an additional $12 for each album sold.
Set up the equation: Set up the equation using the given information.Let a represent the number of albums sold. Marc's earnings can be represented by the base rate plus $12 times the number of albums sold.The equation is: 200+12a
Incorporate total earnings into the equation: Incorporate Marc's total earnings into the equation.Marc earned a total of $644 last month. Therefore, the equation that represents this situation is:200+12a=644
Check answer choices: Check the answer choices to find the equation that matches the one we derived.(A) 200+12a=644 is the correct equation that matches our derived equation.
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