you are offered two sales jobs at a pharmaceutical company. company x offers an annual salary of 35,000 plus 1.2% of your total sales. company y offers an annual salary of 32,000 plus 2% of your total sales. how much would you have to sell to make company y a better choice?

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whpalmer4 · Answer

Write an equation for your salary at each company as a function of your total sales.  Set the two equal to each other and solve for the total sales.  That's the sales figure where you make the same amount either place.  Any more than that makes company y a better choice.

mathstudent55 · Answer

Let a = sales
Company x: 35,000 + 0.012a
Company y: 32,000 + 0.02a

whpalmer4 · Answer

If my figures are correct, you want to sell expensive drugs, not aspirin tablets :-)

anonymous · Answer

x=35000+(.012*sales)
y=32000+(.02*sales)
you want     y>x
or
32000+(.02*sales) > 35000+(.012*sales)
(.02*sales)-(.012*sales) > 35000 - 32000
(.008*sales) > 3000
sales > 3000/.008
sales >375000
sales should b more than 375000 to make y gud