document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=153667>Question 153667</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131139487/algebrahomeworkh>introductory mathematical analysis  , for business ,economics and the life and social science</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> commision \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A company pays its salespersons on a basis of a certain percentage of the first   $100,000 in sales plus a certain  percentage of any amount over $100,000 in sales.If one salesperson earned $8500 on sales of $175000 and another salesperson earned $14800 on sales of $280,000 find the two percentages\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  model:1  175000x + 100,0000- x=8500\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Can you please advise me how to  construct models of worded questions. I am not sure what i should do with the $8500 AND the $175000 in this problem, however i know that commission  is an percentage of the amount sales </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #113127 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=113127\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x=\"percentage on 1st 100000\" and let y=\"percentage on amount OVER 100000\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"one salesperson earned $8500 on sales of $175000\" __ 100000x+75000y=8500\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"another salesperson earned $14800 on sales of $280,000\" __ 100000x+180000y=14800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting 1st eqn from 2nd eqn __ 105000y=6300 __ dividing by 105000 __ y=.06 or 6%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting __ 100000x+75000(.06)=8500 __ 100000x+4500=8500 __ subtracting 4500 __ 100000x=4000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ dividing by 100000 __ x=.04 or 4% </SPAN>\n" );
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