document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=363478>Question 363478</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tom and Alison are both salespeople . tom's weekly compensation consist of $300 plus 20 percent of his sales. Alison's weekly compensation consist of $200 plus 25 percent of her sales. if they both had the same amount of sales and the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "compensation for a particular week, what was that compensation in dollars ?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #259179 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><B>robertb(5830)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=robertb><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=robertb><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=259179\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"tom's weekly compensation consist of $300 plus 20 percent of his sales\" = 300+0.20t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Alison's weekly compensation consist of $200 plus 25 percent of her sales\" = 200+0.25a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here we let t = Tom's weekly sales, a = Allison's weekly sales. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"they both had the same amount of sales\" means t = a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " \"and the same compensation for a particular week\" means 200+0.25a = 300+0.20t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By direct substitution, 200+0.25a = 300 + 0.20a, or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05a = 100, or a = 2000, the amount of sales of Allison, which is also the amount of sales of Tom. </SPAN>\n" );
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