SOLUTION: If someone has a position in sales in a department store with 2 different weekly salary structures-one would pay him a $200 weekly base pay plus a 5% sales commission, while the ot

SOLUTION: If someone has a position in sales in a department store with 2 different weekly salary structures-one would pay him a $200 weekly base pay plus a 5% sales commission, while the ot

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Question 414503: If someone has a position in sales in a department store with 2 different weekly salary structures-one would pay him a $200 weekly base pay plus a 5% sales commission, while the other would pay him a $75 weekly base pay plus a 10% sales commission. How much in weekly sales would give him the same salary from both choices?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
200+0.05x=75+0.1x
125=0.05x
x=2,500
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