As a salesperson, you are paid $100 per week plus $3 per sale. This week you want your pay to be at least $160. Write and solve an inequality for the number of sales you need to make.(1 point)
Responses
Let x be the number of sales you need to make.
The total pay for the week can be calculated using the equation:
Total pay = Base pay + (Number of sales x Sales commission)
Plugging in the given values, we have:
Total pay = $100 + ($3 x Number of sales)
We want the total pay to be at least $160, so we can write the inequality:
$100 + ($3 x Number of sales) ≥ $160
Simplifying the inequality:
$3 x Number of sales ≥ $60
Dividing both sides of the inequality by $3:
Number of sales ≥ $60 / $3
Number of sales ≥ 20
Therefore, you need to make at least 20 sales to have a pay of at least $160 this week.