Question

one salesperson earns 1600 per month. A second salesperson earns 500$ plus 5% of their sales per month. For what amount of sales would the second salesperson earn more than the first?

Answer 1

more than $22,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The second salesperson's salary can be described by 500+0.05s, where s is the value of that salesperson's sales. We want to find s such that this is more than the first salesperson's salary.

... 500 +0.05s > 1600

... 0.05s > 1100 . . . . . . subtract 500

... s > 22,000 . . . . . . divide by 0.05

For sales more than $22,000, the second salesperson earns more than the first.