A worker on the production line is paid a base salary of $190 per week plus $1.19 for each unit produced. Write an equation to represent his earnings of $444.66 for a week when he produced x units. How many units did he produce? Use pencil and paper. If the worker had produced twice that number of units, what would his earnings have been? Show your work.

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Addison Copeland

19 June, 11:23

A worker on the production line is paid a base salary of $190 per week plus $1.19 for each unit produced. Write an equation to represent his earnings of $444.66 for a week when he produced x units. How many units did he produce? Use pencil and paper. If the worker had produced twice that number of units, what would his earnings have been? Show your work.

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190 + 1.19x = 444.66

1.19x = 444.66 - 190

1.19x = 254.66

x = 254.66 / 1.19

x = 214 < = = he produced 214 units

if he produced twice that number ... 2 * 214 = 428

190 + 1.19 (428) =

190 + 509.32 =

699.32 < = = = earnings for producing twice that amount