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A worker on the production line is paid a base salary of ​$170 per week plus ​$1.21 for each unit produced. Write an equation to represent his earnings of ​$491.86 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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Answer:

Part 1)

$170 + $1.21x = $491.86

Part 2)

170 + 1.21x + 491.86

1.21x = 491.86 - 170

1.21 x = 321.86

1.21x/ 1.21 = 321.86/ 1.21

x = 266 units produced

Part 3)

Twice that number of units = 266 x 2 = 532

$170 + ($1.21 x 532) =

$170 + $643.72 = $813.72