SOLUTION: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commission of 18% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus commission of 9% of sales
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Question 351781: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commission of 18% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus commission of 9% of sales. What is the amount of sales above which Company A's offer is the better of the two?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the amount of sales.
Then company A offers:
\ =\ 0.18x\ +\ 630)
And company B offers:
\ =\ 0.06x\ +\ 1260)
You are interested in the value of that makes \ >\ S_B(x))
.
So:
Solve for . Anything larger than makes Company A more atrractive.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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