SOLUTION: Liz earns a salary of $2,000 per month, plus a commission of 5% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,600 this month.Enter an inequality to find amounts of sales that will me

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Question 1108132: Liz earns a salary of $2,000 per month, plus a commission of 5% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,600 this month.Enter an inequality to find amounts of sales that will meet her goal. Identify what your variable represents. Enter the commission rate as a decimal.

Answer by ikleyn(52835) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let "X" be her sales amount.


Then your inequality is 

2000 + 0.05X >= 2600.


The solution is  X >= %282600-2000%29%2F0.05 = 600%2F0.05 = 12000 dollars.


Answer.  Her sales amount must be >= 12000 dollars.