Julie has been offered two jobs. The 1st one pays $400 per week. The 2nd job pays $175 per week plus 15% commision of her sales. How much will she have to sell i n order for the 2nd job to pay as much as the first? how do you do this? i don't know the steps to.

400 - 175 = 225

0.15x = 225

x = 225/0.15

x = 1500

thanks

You're welcome.

job1 = 400

job2 = 175 + .15s , where s is sales

when are they equal?
175 + .15s = 400
.15s = 225
s = 225/.15 = 1500

notice the solution to the equation contains all the calculations that Ms Sue has also given you.

To find out how much Julie would need to sell in order for the second job to pay as much as the first job, we need to set up an equation and solve for the unknown variable (the amount she needs to sell).

Let's assume Julie needs to sell "x" amount in order for the second job to pay as much as the first job.

For the first job, she earns a fixed amount of $400 per week.

For the second job, she earns a base salary of $175 per week plus a 15% commission on her sales. In mathematical terms, the amount she earns would be $175 + 0.15x (where x represents the amount she needs to sell).

We can set up an equation to solve for x:

$400 = $175 + 0.15x

To solve this equation, we first subtract $175 from both sides:

$400 - $175 = 0.15x

Simplifying further:

$225 = 0.15x

Now, we can isolate x by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.15:

$225 / 0.15 = x

x ≈ $1500

Therefore, Julie would need to sell approximately $1500 in order for the second job to pay as much as the first job.