SOLUTION: As a sales person in a cell phone company, Evan is paid a daily salary
plus commission. When his sales are $1000, he makes $100. When his
sales are $1400, he makes $120.
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Question 1163036: As a sales person in a cell phone company, Evan is paid a daily salary
plus commission. When his sales are $1000, he makes $100. When his
sales are $1400, he makes $120.
a. Write a linear function to model this situation.
b. What are Evan’s daily salary and commission rate?
c. How much would Evan make in a day if his sales were $2000?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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As a sales person in a cell phone company, Evan is paid a daily salary
plus commission.
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If y is earnings for the day, then y = commission + dailysalary.
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When his sales are $1000, he makes $100.
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for commission rate m and daily salary b.
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When his sales are $1400, he makes $120.
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System of Equations
Subtract first equation from second equation.
Evan gets $1 in commission for every $20 in sales he produces.
Using the first equation of the system,
1000m+b=100
His daily base rate without any sales is $50.
If x is his amount of sales he produces, then his daily salary becomes .
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