Question

Liz earns a salary of $2,200 per month, plus a commission of 3% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,800 this month. Enter an inequality to find amounts of sales that will meet her goal. Identify what your variable represents. Enter the commission rate as a decimal.

Answer 1

Answer:

The amount of sales in order to meet her goal must be greater than or equal to $20,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x----> represent the amount of sales Liz will need

we know that

The amount of sales for the month multiplied by the commission rate as a decimal plus the fixed amount must be greater than or equal to $2,800 each month

so

The inequality that represent this situation is

$0.03x+2,200\geq 2,800$

solve for x

subtract 2,200 both sides

$0.03x \geq 2,800-2,200$

$0.03x \geq 600$

divide by 0.03 both sides

$x \geq \ 20,000$

The amount of sales in order to meet her goal must be greater than or equal to $20,000