Question

Lia gets paid $450 a week plus a 5%

commission on her sales. She hopes to
earn at least $600 dollars each week.
a. Write an inequality to represent the
verbal description.
b. How much does Lia need in sales to
make her goal?

Answer 1

A. $450 + 0.05x ≥ 600

B. she needs $3,000 in sales.

Explanation:

Answer 2

A. $450 + 0.05x ≥ 600

B. she needs at least $3,000 in sales.

Explanation:

You know that she gets paid 450 a week, she gets plus a 5% commission on her sales as well.

We know she hopes to earn $600 a week but we dont know the amount of sales.

X represents the amount of sales (since we dont know)

divide the 5% by 100 = 0.05x

She wants to AT LEAST earn $600 which is why ≥ is used as it means greater than or equal to and we do not know.