Rico earns a weekly salary of $750 and a 5% total commission on his sales. Sean earns a weekly salary of $1,000 and a 2.5% commission on sales. What amount of sales will result in each of them earning the same amount for the week?

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Karli Beasley

Mathematics

31 December, 14:50

Rico earns a weekly salary of $750 and a 5% total commission on his sales. Sean earns a weekly salary of $1,000 and a 2.5% commission on sales. What amount of sales will result in each of them earning the same amount for the week?

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Brianna Cooke · Answer 1

An employee receives a weekly salary of $340 and a 6% commission on all sales.

a. Write a rule to describe the function f (d) that gives weekly earning in terms if d dollars in sales.

b. Find the employee's earning for a week with $660 total sales.

c What were the employee's total sales for a week in which her earning were $1300?