Louis has two different job offers for a position in shoe sales. One pays $25 per week plus a $2 commission for each pair of shoes sold the second job pays $40 per week plus a $1.50 commission for each pair of shoes sold how many shoes would Louis have to sell to make the same total salary in either job

Louis would have to sell 30 shoes to make the same total salary in either job

Step-by-step explanation:

Louis salary is a linear function given by:

In which S(x) is how much he earns each week selling x shoes, is the fixed salary and a is his commission for selling a shoe.

Job 1

One pays $25 per week plus a $2 commission for each pair of shoes sold.

This means that . So

Job 2

The second job pays $40 per week plus a $1.50 commission for each pair of shoes sold.

This means that So

How many shoes would Louis have to sell to make the same total salary in either job

This is x when

. So

Louis would have to sell 30 shoes to make the same total salary in either job

answer: 0.26

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