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Question 1112916: For a summer sales job, you are choosing between two pay arrangements: a weekly salary of $200 plus 5% commission on sales, or a straight 9% commission. For how many dollars of sales will the earnings be the same regardless of the pay arrangement? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! For a summer sales job, you are choosing between two pay arrangements: a weekly salary of $200 plus 5% commission on sales, or a straight 9% commission. For how many dollars of sales will the earnings be the same regardless of the pay arrangement?
Equation::
200 + 0.05s = 0.09s
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0.04s = 200
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s = 20000/4
Sales = $5000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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