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19 April, 04:54

Donovan has offers for two sales jobs. Job A pays a base salary of $25,000 plus a 10% commission on sales. Job B pays a base salary of $30,000 plus 8% commission on sales.

a. How much would Donovan have to sell for the salary from Job A to exceed the salary from Job B?

b. If Donovan routinely sells more than $500,000 in merchandise, which job would result in a higher salary?

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  1. 19 April, 05:03
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    a. more than $250,000

    b. Job A

    Step-by-step explanation:

    a. If s represents Donovan's sales, his salary at the two jobs would have the specified relationship when ...

    25,000 + 0.10s > 30,000+0.08s

    Subtracting 25000+0.08s we get ...

    0.02s > 5,000

    Dividing by 0.02 gives ...

    s > 250,000

    The salary from Job A will exceed that from Job B if Donovan sells more than $250,000.

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    b. $500,000 is more than $250,000, so the answer to part A applies.

    Job A will result in a higher salary.
  2. 19 April, 05:19
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    question a is $500,000

    question b is job A
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