SOLUTION: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commission of 18% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus commission of 9% of sales

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Question 351781: A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commission of 18% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus commission of 9% of sales. What is the amount of sales above which Company A's offer is the better of the two?


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Let represent the amount of sales.

Then company A offers:



And company B offers:



You are interested in the value of that makes .


So:



Solve for . Anything larger than makes Company A more atrractive.

John

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