1. Antony works at a local clothing store. He can earn either $600 per month plus a 5% commission or $450 per month and a 7% commission. Write and solve a system of equations that you could use to determine the amount of merchandise that Antony would need to sell in order to earn the same amount of money for each pay scale.

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1.	Antony works at a local clothing store. He can earn either $600 per month plus a 5% commission or $450 per month and a 7% commission. Write and solve a system of equations that you could use to determine the amount of merchandise that Antony would need to sell in order to earn the same amount of money for each pay scale.

miracrown · Answer

So lets write how much Antony makes with the first way:

I_1 = 600 + .05 * m
i is for income and m is for merchandise

miracrown · Answer

(btw, lets make it)
I_1 = 600 + .05* m_1
m_1 is the merchandise he sells for the first way

miracrown · Answer

So can you write the equation for the second way he can make money?

anonymous · Answer

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