SOLUTION: A salesperson earns $1,000 a month plus a 7% commission on every item sold.
a. Write a linear model that gives the salesperson's total monthly pay in dollars, y, in terms of the
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Question 910608: A salesperson earns $1,000 a month plus a 7% commission on every item sold.
a. Write a linear model that gives the salesperson's total monthly pay in dollars, y, in terms of the value, x, of the items sold.
b.Use the model to find the monthly pay if the salesperson sells $14,000 worth of items.
c. what is the slope of the line? what does it represent?
d. what is the y-intercept of the line? what does it represent?
My question is how am I suppose to solve them, because I don't understand what to do?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A salesperson earns $ a month plus a %= commission on every item sold.
a. Write a linear model that gives the salesperson's total monthly pay in dollars, , in terms of the value, , of the items sold.
b. Use the model to find the monthly pay if the salesperson sells $ worth of items.
first find % of $
$
so, ...the monthly pay
c. what is the slope of the line? what does it represent?
the slope represents the rate of monthly pay over commission
slope-intercept form: where is slope and is y-intercept
in your case the slope
d. what is the y-intercept of the line? what does it represent?
is y-intercept which represents the point where the line of your graph intersects the
Since the y-axis is located at , you can get it by plugging in for :
=>
see it on a graph:
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