Question

A person is earning P600 per day to do a certain job. Express the total salary S$ asa
function of the number n of days that the person works.

Answer 1

Given:

• Salary of the person per day = $$600$
• The salary of the person per day is denoted by '$P$'.

To find:

To express the total salary of the person in terms of the number of days he works.

Answer:

Given that, the salary of the person per day is $$600$ and it is denoted by '$P$'.

⇒$P=600$

• As per the data in the question, it is also mentioned that, the total salary of the person is denoted by '$S$'.
• Also, the number of days worked by the person is denoted by '$n$'.
• Assumption about information: No information is given whether the salary is given on a monthly basis. Hence, it can be considered that the salary is given as a lumpsum amount after working for the '$n$' number of days.

Now, considering the above data, the total salary earned by the person can be expressed in terms of the number of days he worked. This is expressed in the following manner:

$S=P(n)\\S=600(n)$

Final Answer:

The total salary in terms of the number of days worked by the person is expressed as: $S=600n$.