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Kala has been offered two 40 hour a week jobs. One job pays an hourly wage of $25 and 10% of all sales. The other job pays $20 an hour and 20% of all sales. For how much in weekly sales will the jobs pay the same amount?

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(40 * 25) + 0.10x = (40 * 20) + 0.20x
1000 + 0.10x = 800 + 0.20x
1000 - 800 = 0.20x - 0.10x
200 = 0.10x
200/0.10 = x
2000 = x <=== weekly sales must be $ 2000
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