SOLUTION: You have just been given a new job in sales. You have two salary options. You can receive a straight salary of $500 (no commission option) or you can receive a salary of $200 pl

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Question 1048682: You have just been given a new job in sales. You have two salary options. You can receive a straight
salary of $500 (no commission option) or you can receive a salary of $200 plus 5% (0.05) of your weekly
sales (commission option). What dollar amount of product must you sell in order for the commission
option to be the better deal?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = dollars of sales
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1st salary:

2nd salary:

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The dollar amount of sales must be
greater than $6,000 for the commission
option to be the better deal

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