SOLUTION: you are offered two different sales jobs. Job A offers an annual salary of $30,000 plus a year end bonus of 1% of your total sales.Job B offers an annual salar salary of $24000 plu

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Question 451895: you are offered two different sales jobs. Job A offers an annual salary of $30,000 plus a year end bonus of 1% of your total sales.Job B offers an annual salar salary of $24000 plus a year-end bonus of 2% of your total. how much you have to sell to earn the same amount at each job ?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let salary = Y
Let total sales = x
job A:
+Y+=+30000+%2B+.01x+
job B:
+Y+=+24000+%2B+.02x+
Make the salaries equal
+30000+%2B+.01x+=+24000+%2B+.02x+
+.01x+=+6000+
+x+=+600000+
You have to make $600,000 worth of sales