document.write( "Question 165399: I have a word problem I do not know how to write the equation for or solve. The problem reads: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commision of 14% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus a commision of 7% of sales. What is the amount of sales above which Company A's offer is the betterof the two? \n" ); document.write( "

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Another way to state the problem is \"What level of
\n" ); document.write( "sales makes the two offers equal?\"
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"s\"$ = the number of sales
\n" ); document.write( " $\"630+%2B+.14s+=+1260+%2B+.07s\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\".07s+=+1260+-+630\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\".07s+=+630\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"s+=+9000\"$
\n" ); document.write( "After 9000 sales, offer A becomes the better deal \n" ); document.write( "

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