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To find: the actual sale in one month to make the new job a better deal.
Answer to Problem 54PPS
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Levi’s earns $1200 per month, plus 1.5% commission in existing job.
And Levi’s offers a new job at $8000 per month, plus 2% commission.
Calculation:
Let the earning by Levi’s be y and number of sales be x .
Therefore, the equation for existing job is
And the equation for new job is
Since one of the expressions is same on both the equation, therefore add the equation
Hence, the number of sales is
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