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The decimals complicate matters. You could make things at least a bit easier by first multiplying each equation by 10 on both sides:jacket882 wrote:ok so i got this:
c = 0.1 (r - 50,000)
1.2c = 0.1 (1.25r - 50,000)
can someone solve it for c and r and list the steps - its elementary but my answer is not making sense
No, you're looking at a dodgy question. If her revenue goes up by 25%, her commission-eligible revenue will go up by more than 25%. So the numbers don't make sense. Not sure what the source is, but I imagine they intended the numbers to be reversed: that is, they likely meant if her revenue were 20% higher, then her commission would have been 25% higher.jacket882 wrote:thanks for that
Its actually quite confusing because the revenue and commission cannot be negative - and those are definitely the equations I was given to calculate -
Carla earns a base salary of $30,000 plus 10% commission on her total sales revenue exceeding $50,000. How much did she make on commission this year given that if her total sales revenue had been 25% higher, her commission would have been 20% higher?
edit: oh wait I think its negative because those are the values she got under what she could have made.. I think
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