Question

Liz earns a salary of $2,500 per month, plus a commission of 6% of her sales. She wants to earn at least $2,700 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

she needs to earn at least $200 more to equal $2,700, so

200=x($amount of needed sales) * .06

200/.06=x

$3,333=x is sales needed to meet goal

variable is $ amount of sales needed to earn $2,700 this month.

Commission rate as decimal=.06

Inequality that represents is...

x> or = $3,333