SOLUTION: Shawn has been hired as a sales associate Horizon Mobile Phone Company. He has two salary options. He can either receive a fixed salary of $750.00 per week or a salary of $400.00 p

Question 1104749: Shawn has been hired as a sales associate Horizon Mobile Phone Company. He has two salary options. He can either receive a fixed salary of $750.00 per week or a salary of $400.00 per week plus an 8% commission of his weekly sales. Which solution set among the options below represents the dollar amount of sales that he must generate each week in order for the option with commission to be the better choice?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set them equal to see where there is no difference.
y=sales
750=400+0.08y
If there are no sales, then he should receive the fixed salary.
350=0.08y
divide by 0.08
y=$4375. At that sales amount, either salary or commission would be the same.
Above $4375, commission would give him more money.
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