Question

Whitney sells cars at a local dealership. She receives a monthly salary of $1,337.00 and a $177.00 commission on each car she sells. If Whitney receives her commission check at the end of the month along with her salary check, which of the following equations can be used to determine her total pay for the month? (Let x represent the number of policies sold and y represent the total amount of pay for the month.)

Answer 1

Answer: y = 1,337.00 + 177.00x

Step-by-step explanation:

The total pay for the month that Whitney receives is a composition of the fixed salary, $1,337.00, and the commission, $177.00 one ach car she sells.

The commision, in turn is a function of the number of cars that she sells. So the composed function is the sum of two terms: the basic salary and the comissions.

The variables used are:

• dependent variable, total pay for the month: y
• independent variable, number of policies sold: x

Hence, the function is: y = 1,337.00 + 177.00x