SOLUTION: When hired at a new job selling jewelry, you are given two pay options. � Option A: Base salary of $14,000 a year with a commission of 19% of your sales � Option B: Base sa

Question 1053593: When hired at a new job selling jewelry, you are given two pay options.
� Option A: Base salary of $14,000 a year with a commission of 19% of your sales
� Option B: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 5% of your sales
How much jewelry would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
You would need to sell more than $ ________ worth of jewelry.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Option A: Base salary of $14,000 a year with a commission of 19% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 5% of your sales
Let sales be x to earn such that income from A > income from B
14000+0.19x > 20000+0.05x
Rearrange and simplify solve for x
x>$42857.14
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