SOLUTION: You are offered two different jobs selling college textbooks. One company offers an annual salary of $25,000 plus a year-end bonus of 2% of your total sales. The other company of

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Question 602777: You are offered two different jobs selling college textbooks. One company offers an annual salary of $25,000 plus a year-end bonus of 2% of your total sales. The other company offers an annual salary of $20,000 plus a year-end bonus of 3% of your total sales. Determine annual sales required to make the second offer better.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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25000+.02x=20000+.03x
5000=.01x
500000=x
You have to sell more than $500000 for the second plan to be worth more than the first.