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2.3 Exercise 62

Avg difficulty 2.5

When hired at a new job selling jewelry, you are given two pay options:

Option A: Base salary of $17,000 a year with a commission of 12% of your sales
Option B: Base salary of $20,000 a year with a commission of 5% of your sales

How much jewelry would you need to sell for option A to produce a larger income?

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 2.3 Modeling with Linear Functions, exercise 62

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