Problema Solution
A medical sales company, Ethicon, is trying to entice you to work for them. They are offering you an annual salary of $21,000 plus a 2.5% commission on sales. If your desired monthly salary is unchanged (still $3000), how much must you sell to reach your goal?
Write an equation using x to represent sales and y to represent total pay
Replace the appropriate value with the value given in the problem and solve the equation
Write a sentence that explains your answer
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y = 21000/12 + 0.025x
We want to find 'x' such that y = $3,000.
This means we need to solve:
21000/12 + 0.025x = 3000
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x = $50,000
To reach your goal you must sell $50,000.