Question

Dave receives a salary of $200 a week plus a commission of 10% of his weekly sales. An equation 4072-03-01-04-00_files/i0290000.jpg represents Dave’s weekly earnings. The y-intercept is Dave’s base salary. The slope of the line is his commission.

Write an equation representing Dave’s weekly earnings. If Dave sells $1500 of goods for one week, what is his salary for the week?




a.

$13,000


b.

$350


c.

$1520


d.

$130

Answer 1

In order to determine the amount of Dave's salary, it would be best to write out the problem to solve it.
To solve this equation, it would be written as folllows
y = .10x + 200

y = .10(1500) + 200
y = 150 + 200
y = 350

This equates to $350.00.
The answer to this question is B.