SOLUTION: A pharmaceutical salesperson's annual income depends on the amount of her sales. Her annual income is a salary of $18500 plus 12% of her annual sales. Write a linear equation for
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Question 242832: A pharmaceutical salesperson's annual income depends on the amount of her sales. Her annual income is a salary of $18500 plus 12% of her annual sales. Write a linear equation for her annual income for sales of x dollars (I=mx+b)
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The general form of the equation is given:
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This is in the standard slope-intercept form: y = mx + b
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The constant 'b' is the base salary: 18500
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And she gets 12% of sales. The slope 'm' is 12% or 0.12, where x is the dollar value of sales.
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I is income
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