Alan sells electronics, earning a base wage of $320 for one week, and a commission equal to 5% of his sales. he needs to earn at least $600 each week to cover his expenses. set up and solve an inequality to determine what Alans sales can be in order to ensure his expenses are covered.

Step-by-step explanation:

For sales of 's', Alan's earnings will be ...

  320 +0.05s

He wants that to be at least 600, so the inequality is ...

  320 +0.05s ≥ 600

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Its solution is found by subtracting 320 and dividing by 0.05.

  0.05s ≥ 280

  s ≥ 5600

Alan's weekly sales must be at least $5600 for his earnings to cover his expenses.

if the eqn of the parabola is f(x) = (x-4)(x+2), we need to mult. this out to find the coordinates of the vertex.

then f(x) = x^2 + 2x - 4x - 8, and f(x) = x^2 - 2x - 8.

one way in which you can find the vertex is to calculate x = -b / (2a).   here, that comes to

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x = = 1.   f(1) = 1^2 - 2(1) - 8 = - 9.   vertex is at (1, -9).

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find another point on the curve:   let x=0, for which y=-8.   then (0, -8) is on the curve.   plot the vertex and this point and draw a smooth parabola thru both.

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