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Question 1197467: you are offered two different furniture sales job. the furniture barn offers you a jobthat pays straigth comission of 8% of the sales the furniture warehouse offers you a job that pays a salary of $240 per week plus 3% of the sales how much would you have to seel in a week in order for the job at the furniture barn to pay as well as the job at the furniture warehouse round the answer to the nearest cent the furniture barn pays the same as the furniture warehouse if my sales are
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi  
Let S represent the number of sales to be paid the same.
 .08*S = 240 + .03*S
     S = 240/.05 = $4800 in Sales to be paid the same at both places.
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