Find the slope and rewrite question

Question

You are paid a monthly salary plus commission at your sales job. Using data from two months, find the monthly salary

(y-intercept) and commission rate (slope).

 

 

January Sales (x) $100,000 Monthly Pay (y) $3,750

February Sales (x) $200,000 Monthly Pay (y) $5,750.

 

Find the slope using the slope formula Use your slope and one of the points to write the equation in point-slope form Rewrite your equation in slope intercept form Write a sentence that gives your monthly salary and your percent commission.

Answer 1

These are your two points:

 

(100000, 3750) and (200000, 5750)

 

 

Your equation slope-intercept form is

 

y = mx - mx₁ + y₁

 

where:

m is the slope between the two points

(x₁ , y₁) is any of the given points above