As a salesperson, you receive a monthly salary of $2000, plus a commission of 7% of sales.

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As a salesperson, you receive a monthly salary of $2000, plus a commission of 7% of sales. You are offered a new job at $2300 per month, plus a commission of 5% of sales.

(a) Write linear equations for your monthly wage W in terms of your monthly sales s for your current job and your job offer.

(b) Use a graphing utility to graph each equation and find the point of intersection. What does it signify?

(c) You think you can sell $20,000 worth of a product per
month. Should you change jobs? Explain.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781285057095

10th Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Bruce H. Edwards

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