You have the choice of accepting one of two jobs. The first job pays a $200 weekly base salary and 15% of all sales. The second job pays a $300 weekly base salary and 10% of all sales. How much sales do you need for both jobs to pay the same?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-23T21:40:42

At $$2,000$ of sales both jobs will pay the same, $$500$ per week.

Let $x$ = Sales.

Then to find where they are equal solve the equation:

$200 + ( x * 0.15) = 300 + (x * 0.10)$

$(x * 0.15) - (x * 0.10) = 300 - 200$

$x * 0.05 = 100$

$x = 100 / 0.05$

$x = $2,000$