Question

Courtney works at the local shoe store and receives $150 a week plus 3% of all sales over $1000. This week her sales were $3200. Find her commission using composition of two functions; then find her total earnings for the week.

f (x) = g (x) =
Will you use f(g(x)) or g(f(x)) to solve for the commission?
Solve for the commission using the composition of two functions below:
The commission of sales will be:
Courtney’s total earnings for the week will be:

Answer 1

The equation you would use to find her earning for the week would be:

y=0.03(x-1000)+150

This would mean she made $66 from commissions and $216 total.