Sam earns $500 per week plus $25 for every trinket he sells. Let M represent the amount of money he made in a certain week and T represent the number of trinkets that he sold that week.

i) Give an equation that describes the situation.

ii) How many trinkets must he sell to earn $1000 in a single week?

i) M = 500 + 25T
ii) Sam must sell 20 trinkets.

i) M = 251
ii) Sam must sell 40 trinkets.

i) M = 500T
ii) Sam must sell 2 trinkets
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i) M = 25T
ii) Sam must sell 20 trinkets.