AS a salesperson at trading cards unlimited Justin receives a monthly base pay plus commission on all that he sales. If he sales
$400 worth of merchandise in one month je is paid $292 if he sales $900 worth of merchandise in one month he is paid $407. find Justins salary when he sales $3200 worth of merchandise
In this item, we will be able to form a system of linear equation which are shown below, 292 = 400x + y 407 = 900x + y where x is the percent of the commission that he gets and y is the wage. The values of x and y from the equations are 0.23 and 200. This means that Justin earns a fixed wage of 200 per day and a commission which is equal to 23%.
Substituting the known values to the equation, S = (0.23)(3200) + 200 = 936.
Therefore, Justin could have earned $936 had he sold $3,200 worth of merchandise.
