Question

A pharmaceutical salesperson receives a monthly salary of $2400 plus a commission of 9% of sales. write a linear equation for the salesperson's monthly wage w in terms of monthly sales s.

Answer 1

To calculate total wages you would need to multiply the commission by the amount of sales and then add that to the monthly salary.

9% = 0.09

The equation for this would be:

w = 2,400 + 0.09S