Question

Liz earns a salary of $2,000 per month, plus a commission of 5% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,200 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.

Answer 1

2000 + .05x >= 2200

Explanation:

2000 is how much she already has

.05 is 5% of sales

x is the unknown amount of sales

2200 is how much she needs

The rate is just 5% increase.