You are offered two different sales jobs. The first company offers a straight commission of 6% of th

You are offered two different sales jobs. The first company offers a straight commission of 6% of the sales. The second company offers a salary of $330 per week plus 2% of the sales. How much would you have to sell in a week in order for the straight commission offer to be at least as good?

Let s be the sales and C be the weekly commission for each sales job. We have the following equations:

1. C = 0.06s
2. C = 330 + 0.02s

Set them equal to each other:
0.06s = 330 + 0.02s

Subtract 0.02s from each side:
0.04s = 330

Using our equation solver, we get s = 8,250