Question

When John writes articles for a cooking magazine, he gets paid by the word. For a 1, 400 word article, he earns $980. How much would John earn for a 1,850 word article?

Answer 1

$\frac{1400}{980}=\frac{1850}{x}$

then, solve for x

$\begin{gathered} 1400x=1850\times980 \\ 1400x=1813000 \\ \frac{1400x}{1400}=\frac{1813000}{1400} \\ x=1295 \end{gathered}$

answer: john earn $ 1295 for 1850 word article