SOLUTION: commission agent receives the following offers from two companies a)sh 1200 monthly plus 5%sales commission on the value of goods sold. b)800 sh monthly plus 9%sales comm

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Question 1012026: commission agent receives the following offers from two companies
a)sh 1200 monthly plus 5%sales commission on the value of goods sold.
b)800 sh monthly plus 9%sales commission on the value of good sold .
at which value of the goods sold is the income of both offers the same?
Answer by ValorousDawn(53)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert the percent to decimal for purpose of ease. Offer 1 is
0.05x+1200, and offer 2 is 0.09x+800, x being the sales commission. Set the two equal to find when the values are equal, then solve.
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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=10000.
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Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-0.09%2Ax+%29,highlight_green%28+-800+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Moved 400 to the right of expression
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+0.05%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+-0.09%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%280.05-0.09%29%2Ax+%29
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Added fractions or integers together
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+4+%29,highlight_red%28+1%2F100+%29
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Factors 4 and 100 have greatest common factor (GCF) of 4. Reducing fraction.
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Remove extraneous '1' from product highlight_red%28+1+%29
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+-x%2F25%2B400=0+%29 equivalent to -0.04*x+400 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: x=10000.

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