SOLUTION: Please help me write and equation and figure out if the following word problem is a function: Jake works as a car salesman. To determine his weekly salary, Jake earns a base rate

Question 90043: Please help me write and equation and figure out if the following word problem is a function:
Jake works as a car salesman. To determine his weekly salary, Jake earns a base rate of $850.00 per week plus a 3% commission of the sale price of the car. Does this real life example represent a function? Explain your answer.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jake works as a car salesman. To determine his weekly salary, Jake earns a base rate of $850.00 per week plus a 3% commission of the sale price of the car. Does this real life example represent a function? Explain your answer
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Jake's salary = 850 + 0.03x, where x is the sale price of all the cars he sells.
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Yes it is a function because each value of x results in one salary value for
Jake.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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