SOLUTION: How would you write an equation for this word problem?
-A student has a part time job at an electronics store. She earns $85 for working 12h each week, plus 5% of her sales over
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Question 847321: How would you write an equation for this word problem?
-A student has a part time job at an electronics store. She earns $85 for working 12h each week, plus 5% of her sales over $1000 each week.
I need an equation and then to find the function g(5000). What i've tried is g(x)=85+0.05(x-1000) but Im not sure if it would work. I can't remember how to incorporate the percentage in the equation because wouldn't there need to be 85x since it's $85 for every 12 hours if x=hours and y=salary
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-A student has a part time job at an electronics store. She earns $85 for working 12h each week, plus 5% of her sales over $1000 each week.
I need an equation and then to find the function g(5000).
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g(x hrs) = 85 + 0.05(x-1000)
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g(5000) = 85 + 0.05*(5000-1000)-50
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g(5000) = 85 + 0.05*4000 - 50
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g(5000) = 85 + 200 - 50 = $235.00
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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