Question

Example 1) A machine salesperson (Cyndi) earns a base salary of $40,000 plus a commission of$5000 for every machine she sells.a) Write an equation that shows the total amount of income Cyndi earns, if she sells xmachines in a year.b) Sketch a graph of Cyndi's income on the y axis and the number of machines sold onthe x axis.c) Predict what Cyndi's income will be if she sells 15 machines, writing your response ina CER format.

Answer 1

we have the following:

a)

$y=5000x+40000$

b)

c)

$\begin{gathered} y=5000\cdot15+40000 \\ y=75000+40000 \\ y=115000 \end{gathered}$

therefore, the income will be $115000