Question

A pharmaceutical salesperson receives a monthly salary of $4700 plus a commission of 2% of sales. Write a linear equation for the salesperson's monthly wage W in terms of monthly sales S.

Answer 1

Answer:

$W= 4700+0.02S$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that

W is the monthly wage

S is the monthly sales

According to the problem statement, salesperson receives a monthly salary of $4700 (sales or no sales made he/she gets that amount)

 

Also plus 2%  commission of sales made for the month added to the wage

we can model his/her wage as follows

$W= 4700+ (2/100)S\\\\ W= 4700+0.02S$

Hence the model for the monthly wage is $W= 4700+0.02S$