Maxim has been offered positions by two car companies. the first company pays a salary of $8000 plus a commission of $900 for each car sold. the second pays a salary of $14400 plus a commission of $500 for each car sold. how many cars would need to be sold to make the total pay the same?

16 cars.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent number of sold cars.

We have been that 1st company pays a salary of $8000 plus a commission of $900 for each car sold. We can represent this information in an expression as:

We are also told that second company pays a salary of $14400 plus a commission of $500 for each car sold. We can represent this information in an expression as:

To find the number of cars sold, which will make the total pay the same, we will equate both expressions and solve for x as:

Therefore, 16 cars would need to be sold to make the total pay the same.

7. d. 64

8. i. 32

9. c. 125

10. j. none of the above

11. d. 81

12. i. 216

13. e. none of the above

14. g. 240

15. e. none of the above

16. g. 32

17.   e. none of the above