you are offered two different sales jobs.

Question

You are offered two different sales jobs. The first company offers a straight commission of 2% of the sales. The second company offers a salary of $ 290 per week plus 1% 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?

Answer 1

Hello Ang,

Let x represent the amount of sales in a week. The straight commission offer (0.02x) will be at least as good as the second companies offer (0.01x + 290) when the weekly sales satisfies the following inequality:

0.02x ≥ 0.01x + 290

Subtracting 0.01x on both sides yields,

0.01x ≥ 290

Dividing by 0.01 results in,

x ≥ 29000

Hence, you would have to sell at least $29,000 worth of product in order for the straight commission offer to be at least as good as the second company's offer.