question archive Shortly after graduation, you obtain a commissioned sales position within your career
Shortly after graduation, you obtain a commissioned sales position within your career
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Shortly after graduation, you obtain a commissioned sales position within your career. The
position pays a base salary of $1825 a month plus 9% commission on any sales over $15,000.
This monthly wage, represented by W, for your position can be modeled by the equation
W = $1825 + 0.09(x − 15,000). Where x represents the amount of money in U.S. dollars that
you sold for the month.
a. Simplify this equation and write in slope-intercept form.
b. How much will you receive on your monthly paycheck if you sold $23,351 worth of
product?
c. Solve the original equation for x, then describe what this new equation represents?
(Hint: You want x on one side, and everything else on the other side.)
d. If your typical monthly bills total $2,395, how much do you need to sell each month to
cover the cost of your monthly bills?
