Question

Guy and jim work ata furniture store.guy is paid $185 per week plus 3% of his total sales in dollars,x, which can be represented by y=185+0.03x. jim is paid $275 per week plus 2.5% of his total sales in dollars,x, which can be represented by y=275+0.025x.determine the value of x, in dollars that will make their weekly pay the same

Answer 1

Set each pay to equal each other and solve...

185 + 0.03x = 275 + 0.025x
-185 -185
0.03x = 90 + 0.025x
-0.025x - 0.025x
0.005x = 90 (divide both sides by 0.005)
x = 18000

substituting that back into each equation, their paychecks would be equal at $725.00