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John is paid a retainer of $550 a week as well as a 2% commission on sales made. Find his income for the week if in one week he sells cars worth of $80000 Set up the income function C(s) where s is the number of sales for a week. Since 2% can be written as 0.02, we have: I(s) = Retainer + 2% of...

A car salesman earns $800 per month plus a 10% commission on the value of sales he makes for the month. If he is aiming to earn a minimum of $3200 a month, what is the possible value of sales that will enable this? to start, we have: Let the salesman's monthly sales be s. With a 10% discount...

a car was bought for $24300 and sold at a loss of $2290. Find the selling price. A loss means the car was sold for less than the buying price. Let the selling price be S. we have: 24300 - S = 2290 Typing this equation into our search engine, we get: s = 22,010

A sports store near Big Bear Lake is having a 20% off sale on all water skis. What will the sale price be for water skis which regularly sell for $248? Calculate Sale Price: Sale Price = Full Price * (1 - sale discount) Sale Price = 248 * (1 - 0.2) <-- since 20% is 0.2 Sale Price = 248 * (0.8)...

You are offered two different sales jobs. The first company offers a straight commission of 6% of the sales. The second company offers a salary of $330 per week plus 2% of the sales. How much would you have to sell in a week in order for the straight commission offer to be at least as good? Let...

You and 6 friends went out for pizza. When the total amount was split, each person paid $3. How much was the total bill? You and 6 friends means 7 total people. If the bill was split, everybody paid the same. We have: 7 people * $3 per person = $21 total bill

A salesperson receives a base salary of $300 per week and a commission of 15% on all sales over $5,000. If x represents the salesperson’s weekly sales, express the total weekly earnings E(x) as a function of x and simplify the expression. Then find E(2,000) and E(7,000) and E(10,000). 15% as a...

Penelope and Owen work at a furniture store. Penelope is paid $215 per week plus 3.5% of her total sales in dollars, xx, which can be represented by g(x)=215+0.035x. Owen is paid $242 per week plus 2.5% of his total sales in dollars, xx, which can be represented by f(x)=242+0.025x. Determine the...

Blanca works as a salesperson and earns a base salary of $72 per week plus a commission of 12% of all her sales. If Blanca had $75 in weekly sales, how much did she make? Find the commission on her sales Commission = Sales * 12% Commission = 75 * 0.12 = 9 Now add in her base salary Total...