Question 362618: you are offered two jobs selling college textbooks. one company offers an annual salary of $25,000 and a year-end bonus of 1% of your total sales. the other company offers an annual salary of $20,000 plus a year-end bonus of 2% of your total sales. how much would you have to sell in a year to make the second offer the better offer?
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 20,000+.02X>25,000+.01X
.02X-.01X>25,000-20,000
.01X>5,000
X>5,000/.01
X>$500,000 IS THE AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL SALES NEEDED TO MAKE THE TWO OFFERS THE SAME.
SALES ABOVE $500,000 WILL MAKE THE SECOND JOB A BETTER DEAL.
PROOF:
LET SALES=$500,001
20,000+.02*500,001>25,000+.01*500,001
20,000+10,000.02>25,000+5,000.01
30,000.02>30,000.01
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