SOLUTION: 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 comm
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? Found 2 solutions by Mathtut, josmiceli:Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A= 630+.14S B=1260+.07S so if you want A to be greater than write the equation as an inequality like this 630+.14>1260+.07S and solve for S subtract .07S and 630 from both sides and you end up with .07S>630 so S>9000... so anything above $9000 dollars in sales and company A's offer will be better.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Another way to state the problem is "What level of
sales makes the two offers equal?"
Let = the number of sales
After 9000 sales, offer A becomes the better deal
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