which company has the better offer?

Question

a sales person has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $630 plus commission of 18% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $1260 plus comminsion of 9% of sales. What is the amount of sales above which company A's offer is the better of the two?

Answer 1

Set up the equation to reflect those words, and then solve for x:

 

• 630+.18X>1260+.09X  (where X is the amount of sales)
• .09X>630   (subtract .09X from both sides and subtract 630 from both sides to isolate x)
• x>7000

 

Company A's offer will be better for sales greater than $7,0000