Question

Jayne Haydack's weekly salary at Charter Network is $500 plus 15% commission on her weekly sales. Which of the following functions is expressing Jayne's weekly salary. y = 500x + 15 y = 15x + 500 y = 500x + 0.15 y = 0.15x + 500

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Answer:

y = 0.15x + 500

Explanation:

Jayne's salary equation will be of the form ...

salary = commission + base wage

Letting y represent Jayne's salary, and x her sales amount, we can write this as ...

y = (15%)x +500

Of course, 15% = 0.15, so this is ...

y = 0.15x +500 . . . . . matches the last choice