MAKE A DECISION: CHOOSING A JOB As a salesperson, you receive a monthly salary of $2000

Chapter 1, Problem 95

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MAKE A DECISION: CHOOSING A JOB 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 a linear equation for your current monthly wage in terms of your monthly sales S. (b) Write a linear equation for the monthly wage of your job offer in terms of the monthly sales (c) Use a graphing utility to graph both equations in the same viewing window. Find the point of intersection. What does it signify? (d) You think you can sell $20,000 worth of a product per month. Should you change jobs? Explain.

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