Word problem help.

Question

Congratulations! You just got a new job in sales for PayPal. Your monthly salary is $1700 plus a 2% commission on sales. Write an equation to you could use to find your total monthly pay, y, based on your monthly sales, x. Use the equation editor to write your equation.

Answer 1

Base salary is $1700

2% commission on sales = 0.02x

 

y(x) = $1700 + 0.02x

 

(There is no equation editor in this WyzAnt ANSWER window.)