document.write( "Question 1205798: Alexis works part-time at a clothing store. She is paid an hourly rate of $15.25/ h and also earns a commission of 3.5% of her total weekly sales. Alexis works at the store 12 hours a week. If Alexis’ goal is to earn $250 every week, what do her total weekly sales need to be?
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document.write( "Let x represents her weekly sales.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the governing inequality is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    250 <= 12*15.25 + 0.035x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this inequality find its solution x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x >=  = 1914.29.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Her weekly sales should be at least this value.\r\n" );
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