1. A furniture salesperson earns $220 a week plus 10% commission on her sales. Let x denote...

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1. A furniture salesperson earns $220 a week plus 10% commission on her sales. Let x denote her sales and y her income for a week.
(a) Express y in terms of x.
(b) Determine her week's income if she sells $2000 in merchandise that week.
(c) How much must she sell in a week in order to earn $540?
2. A salesperson's weekly pay depends on the volume of sales. If she sells x units of goods, then her pay is y = 5x + 60 dollars. Give an interpretation to the slope and the y-intercept of this straight line.
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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