Answer:
First answer: "Add the exponents"
Step-by-step explanation:
The laws of exponents include the following for product of exponents with the same base:

which implies addition of exponents
So you need to add exponents
We have that an inverse variation in a function is given by:

We must find the value of the constant k.
To do this, we substitute the values of x1 = 12, y1 = 15.
We have then:

Clearing k we have:

Substituting the value of k we have that the inverse variation is:

For y2 = 3 we have:

Clearing x2 we have:
Answer:
If he wants to earn $1000, it means that $1000 must be 20% of his overall sales.
1000 = 20% * x
1000 = 20/100x
1000 = 0,2x / ÷ 0,2 (both sides)
x = 5000
Answer: A salesman must sell products for $5000 to earn $1000.