CrazedOutBoy

Let's use this thread for Math Questions. I'm going to start it with one question and then most likely adding more as I go. Thanks!

Tom and Alison are both salespeople. Tom's weekly compensation consists of $300 plus 20% of his sales. Alison's weekly compensation consists of $200 plus 25% of her sales. If they both had the same amount of sales and the same compensation for a particular week, what was that compensation in dollars?

It's a grid-in from the 09-10 Practice test. Any explanations would be super helpful!!

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300 + .2n = 200 + .25n
100 = .05n
n = 2000

300 + .2(2000) = 300 + 400 = 700

CrazedOutBoy

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