Question

Juliet has a choice between receiving a monthly salary of $1750 from a company or a base salary of $1600 and a 3% commission on the amount of furniture she sells during the month. For what amount of sales will the two choice be equal?The two salary choices will be equal when the amount of sales is [$ ]

Answer 1

For an amount of sales of $5,000, the two salary choice will be equal

Let the amount of sales be $x

The 3% she will receive will be;

$\frac{3}{100}\times x\text{ = 0.03x}$

We add this to the base salary and equate to the former monthy salary

We have this as;

$\begin{gathered} 1750\text{ =1600 + 0.03x} \\ 1750-1600\text{ = 0.03x} \\ 150\text{ = 0.03x} \\ x\text{ = }\frac{150}{0.03} \\ x\text{ = \ 5000} \end{gathered}$