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Questions in Grade Middle-school

[Answered] Amie published her first book. She was given $20,000 and an additional $0.15 for each copy sold. Her earnings, \(d\), in dollars, from the publication of the book are given by \(d = 20,000 + 0.15n\), where \(n\) is the number of copies sold. During the first year, Amie earned $22,100 from the publication and sale of her book. How many copies of her book were sold?

[Answered] Jill earns 1.5 times her normal hourly rate for each hour she works after 40 hours in a week. She worked 52 hours this week and earned $638. What is her normal hourly rate?

[Answered] The pay, \( P \), at a certain job is calculated by the formula \( P = Bh \), where \( B \) is the base pay and \( h \) is the number of hours worked. If an employee works more than 40 hours in a week, the formula changes to \( P = 40B + 1.5B(h - 40) \). If Susan had a base pay of $12.50 and worked 46 hours, what would be her pay for the week?

[Answered] Why did World War I start?

[Answered] Joe's bathroom floor is 5 feet wide and 8 feet long. He will cover the floor with 3-inch square tiles. How many tiles does Joe need?

[Answered] What is another name for curl-ups? (8-letter word)

[Answered] Arrange the numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the squares so that the sums of all the rows, columns, and diagonals are 24. What is the solution to this magic square?

[Answered] What is the layer of bedrock near Earth's surface that forms a continuous shell around Earth called?

[Answered] How can 5 people equally share 4 brownies in fraction terms?

[Answered] I am now learning y = mx + b word problems. Most of my answers are straightforward, but the problem is I don't know what's right or wrong. Here's what I'm dealing with: An attorney named Teags charges a fixed fee of $250 for an initial meeting and $150 per hour for all hours worked after that. Write an equation in slope-intercept form. Find the charge for 26 hours of work. The answer I got was 26 = x. I really don't think that sounds right. Any help would be appreciated!