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    Aug 8, 2012, 02:46 AM
    Solving problem in linear function is the cost of food for a school party
    If a newsboy receives a commission of .50centavos for every newspaper he sells, how much would his commission be if in a day he sold 30 newspapers?65 newspapers?100 newspapers?
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    Aug 8, 2012, 02:50 AM
    I don't see what this has to do with a school party...

    But if he get's .50 for every newspaper then you need to take .50 by how ever many newspapers he sells.

    0.50(x) = Daily Commission

    So plug the number of newspapers in for x and multiply.
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