You are offered two different jobs selling college
textbooks.
• One company offers an annual salary of
$25165 plus a year-end bonus of 3% of your
total sales.
• The other company offers an annual salary
of $21008 plus a year-end bonus of 7% of your
total sales.
Determine the annual sales that make the
second offer better.
Answer in units of $

Question

You are offered two different jobs selling college
textbooks.
• One company offers an annual salary of
$25165 plus a year-end bonus of 3% of your
total sales.
• The other company offers an annual salary
of $21008 plus a year-end bonus of 7% of your
total sales.
Determine the annual sales that make the
second offer better.
Answer in units of $

tanner23456 · Answer

So if you want the second offer to be more the outcome would have to be greater than the first.

You could make an equation like this.

$$25165 + 0.03 x < 21008 + 0.07 x$$
now we can solve for x