Charlotte has two job offers as a car sales person. The first job will pay her $600 a month plus 2% on the price of her car sales. The second job will pay $1000 a month plus 1% on the price of her sales. How much must she sell each month to make the same income from the two jobs?
A. $20,000
B. $30,000
C. $40,000
D. $50,000

Question

Charlotte has two job offers as a car sales person. The first job will pay her $600 a month plus 2% on the price of her car sales. The second job will pay $1000 a month plus 1% on the price of her sales. How much must she sell each month to make the same income from the two jobs?
	A.	$20,000
	B.	$30,000
	C.	$40,000
	D.	$50,000

anonymous · Answer

First job:         pay = 0.02x + 600
Second job:     pay = 0.01x +1000

Where x represents the amount of her sales... to see when her pay is the same set the equations equal to each other.

0.02x + 600 = 0.01x + 1000

Solve.

0.01x = 400
x= 40 000

She would need have $40,000 in sales for her pay to be the same.