document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=912677>Question 912677</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help me with the problem below:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A real estate salesperson usually works for a small salary plus a percentage of each house she sells. If her salary is $100 a week plus 3.5% of the price of each house sold, how many dollars' work of houses must she sell in order to clear $20,000 in one year? Assume she works 50 weeks per year.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #554068 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=554068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the value of the houses she sells in a year be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "100 per week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 weeks in a year\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I = 5000+3.5% *x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I> 20,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5000+3.5%x>20,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply by 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "500000+3.5x > 2000000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.5x >2000000-500000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.5x >1500000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x>1500000/3.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x>428,752  </SPAN>\n" );
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