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Your employer offers you a choice of wage scales: a monthly salary of $3200 plus commission of 7% of sales or a salary of $3700 plus a 5% commission. At what sales level would the options yield the same salary?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = amt of sales:
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each scenario
\n" ); document.write( "W = wages
\n" ); document.write( "W1 = .07x + 3200
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\n" ); document.write( "W2 = .05x + 3700
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\n" ); document.write( "Same salary occurs when W1 = W2, right?
\n" ); document.write( "so we have
\n" ); document.write( ".07x + 3200 = .05x + 3700
\n" ); document.write( "Do some basic algebra to find x:
\n" ); document.write( ".07x - .05x = 3700 - 3200
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\n" ); document.write( ".02x = 500
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"500%2F.02\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = $25,000 in sales would give you equal wages
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\n" ); document.write( "You can prove this to yourself, substitute 25000 for x in both equations
\n" ); document.write( "and see if they are equal
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