Question

Audry earns a salary of $14,000 per year plus an 8% commission on all her sales. How much must her sales be if her annual income is to be no less than $15,600?

Option A: $1,000 in sales.
Option B: $1,500 in sales.
Option C: $2,000 in sales.
Option D: $2,500 in sales.

Answer 1

Audry's sales must be $20,000 in order for her annual income to be no less than $15,600.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how much Audry's sales must be in order for her annual income to be no less than $15,600, we need to set up an equation.

Let's call Audry's sales x. Her commission on her sales would be 8% of x, which is 0.08x.

Her annual income, including her salary and commission, would be $14,000 + 0.08x.

So we can set up the equation: $14,000 + 0.08x = $15,600.

To solve for x, we can subtract $14,000 from both sides: 0.08x = $1,600.

Then divide both sides by 0.08: x = $20,000.

Therefore, her sales must be $20,000 in order for her annual income to be no less than $15,600.