Question

30 pts for this one.... (only if you give a reasonable answer no BS)

Use the scenario below to answer questions 2 - 4

A Tech Software salesperson earns a base salary of $40,000 plus a commission of $3000 for every subscription to the software they sale.

2. Write an equation, in slope-intercept form, that shows the total amount of income the salesperson earns if he sells x subscriptions in a year.

3. What does the y-intercept of the equation represent in the context of the problem?
a) the base salary of the salesperson
b) the total salary of the salesperson per year
c) the amount of money the salesperson makes per software sale.
d) none of these

4. What does the slope of the equation represent in the context of the problem?
a) the commission per subscription
b) the total amount of money the salesperson makes
c) a one time, yearly commission for all the subscriptions
d) the base salary of the sales person


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Answer 1

1. y = 3000x + 40000

2. Option A: base salary of the salesperson

3. Option A: the commission per subscription

Explanation:

1. The commission of $3000 will be the first number, then will come the salary. Now, since it has to be in slope form, it is on the y-intercept, so we write y.

2. It is the base salary because it is the only number that does not have a missing value, 3000x does.

3. The commission per subscription is the answer because the context of the whole slope is the commission per subscription. Question 2 was the y-intercept.

Answer 2

1. y = 3000x + 40000
2. a) the base salary of the salesperson
3. a) the commission per subscription

Explanation:

Slope intercept form is found by [ y = mx + b ] where m = slope and b = y-intercept. We are given that a salesperson gets $40000 as a base salary. Since this value doesn't change it is the starting value, in other words the y-intercept. The salesperson also gets $3000 for every subscription they sell. Since this amount grows at a constant rate, that is the slope. Now, we can write the slope intercept form of [ y = 3000x + 40000 ].

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