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as a salesperson jonathan is paid $50 per week plus 3 percent of the total amount he sells. this week he wants to earn at least $100.write an inequality with interger coefficents for the total sales needed to earn at least $100 and describe what the solution represents. PLEASE HELP

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earn=50+3% of sales
earn=50+0.03s
earn should be more than or equal to 100
100≤50+0.03s
minus 50 both sides
50≤0.03s
divide both sides by 0.03
1666.666666≤s
round
1666.67≤s
means he needs to sell at least $1666.67 work of stuff to earn at least $100 that week
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