Question

A salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of ​$18. Option B is a commission rate of ​4% on weekly sales. How much does he need to sell this week to earn the same amount with the two​ options?

Answer 1

Let S be the amount of money the salesperson needs to sell in a week to earn the same amount with the two options. The salesperson earns 40 * $18 = $<<40*18=720>>720 with Option A.

We can set up the following equation to represent the amount of money the salesperson earns with Option B:

0.04S = $720

Solving for S, we find that the salesperson needs to sell $720 / 0.04 = $<<720/0.04=18000>>18,000 to earn the same amount with Option B.