Question

Problem 4: As a salesman you are paid $250 per week plus $70 per sale. This week you want you

pay to be at least $1,200. How many sales must you make to reach your goal?
Answer
12
13
14
15
16

Answer 1

14 sales

Explanation:

1,200-250=950

70×14=970

Answer 2

We first need to subtract our normal pay out of the expectation.

1200-250=950 dollars

These 950 dollars have to be made from sales, and if each sale gives you 70 dollars, we just need to do simple division.

950/70=about 13.57

This meant that if we get 13 sales, we are not quite there at the goal yet, so we need to round up. Getting 14 as our answer.