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Liz earns a salary of $2,300 per month, plus a commission 5% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,500 this month. Enter an inequality to find amounts of sales that will meet her goal. Identify what your variable represents. Enter the commission rate as a decimal.

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answer:shes needs $200 to get to 2,700

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Answer:

she needs to earn at least $200 more to equal $2,700, so

200=x($amount of needed sales) * .06

200/.06=x

$3,333=x is sales needed to meet goal

variable is $ amount of sales needed to earn $2,700 this month.

Commission rate as decimal=.06

Inequality that represents is...

x> or = $3,333

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