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Loretta Gould has been offered a position as salesperson for the Houston Oil Company. Her manager estimates that her sales will amount to approximately 80,000thefirstyear.Shemayacceptoneoftwopayschedules:(1)asalaryof80,000 the first year. She may accept one of two pay schedules: (1) a salary of 8,000 plus commission of 1% of sales or (2) a salary of $5,800 plus a commission of 5% of sales over $30,000. Which pay schedule is better? By how much is it better?
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Loretta Gould has been offered a position as salesperson for the Houston Oil Company. Her manager estimates that her sales will amount to approximately 80,000thefirstyear.Shemayacceptoneoftwopayschedules:(1)asalaryof8,000 plus commission of 1% of sales or (2) a salary of $5,800 plus a commission of 5% of sales over $30,000. Which pay schedule is better? By how much is it better?
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Loretta Gould has been offered a position as salesperson for the Houston Oil Company. Her manager estimates that her sales will amount to approximately $80,000 the first year. She may accept one of two pay schedules: (1) a salary of $8,000 plus commission of 1% of sales or (2) a salary of $5,800 plus a commission of 5% of sales over $30,000. Which pay schedule is better? By how much is it better?

category

business

options

  1. Both schedules are the same
  2. Schedule (1) is better by $300
  3. Both schedules are better by different amounts depending on sales
  4. Schedule (1) is better by $1,200
  5. Schedule (2) is better by $1,200
  6. Schedule (2) is better by $700
  7. Schedule (1) is better by $700
  8. Schedule (1) is better by $500
  9. Schedule (2) is better by $500
  10. Schedule (2) is better by $300

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stemez-Business

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upstream_id / Original problem ID
487
task_id
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task_key
default--test--487
task_revision_id
1
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default / test

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