SOLUTION: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $200 plus commission of 10% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $400 plus commission of 5% of sale
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Question 187406: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $200 plus commission of 10% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $400 plus commission of 5% of sales. What is the amount of sales at which company A's offer is the same as company B's?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the amount of sales be x. Then amount of compensation from A would be:
per week.
Likewise B would pay:
per week.
You want to know the value of x that makes these two expressions equal, so set them equal to each other:
Solve for x and you will have your answer.
John
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