A jewelry salesperson earns a base salary of $200 a week plus 25% of all of her sales over $300. This situation can be represented by the expression: 200 + 0.25( x - 300 )

Which of the following describes the meaning of the variable "x" for this situation?

A:the total amount of sales
B:the total amount of salary earned
C:the amount of commission earned
D:the total amount of sales after the first $300

Aquality characteristic of new iphone x made at the amsterdam plant at apple computers has a manufacturing specification (in mm) of 0.200 +/- .07. historical data indicates that if the quality characteristic takes on values greater than 0.27 or smaller than 0.13 the component fails at a cost of20.19. based on these data: determine the taguchi loss function (must show work) calculate an estimated loss for a quality characteristic of .30 calculate an estimated loss for quality characteristic of .40.