From Josh: A sales rep for a drug company is paid on the following scale. His base salary is $1600 per month. He is also paid a commission of 2% of sales over $20,000. When his gross sales reach $30,000 he is then paid 4% on the amount above that until his sales reach $50,000 after which point his commission becomes 6%. His commission reaches 8% when his sales total goes over $100,000 for the month. Set up a piecewise function for the information above. Answered by Harley Weston.
From Tonya: I'm trying to figure out the formula for the following, I have a product that I want to receive a certain profit, but with this product I also have to pay a percentage of commission to someone. I need to know how to calculate my new selling price taking into account the markup percentage, but I don't want my cut to be lowered. I have calculated the markup percentage to get my new selling price with the commission, but it lowers my cut once I pay the commission and I don't want it to do that. Thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
From Lynnette: If I received 100% on my assignment which is worth 20% of my total mark and 87% on my midterm which is worth 40% of my total mark what would I need to get on the final exam which is worth 40% of my mark. To pass the course I must have 80% or above. Thanks. Answered by Penny Nom.
From Tamara: We drop an object from rest (i.e. its initial spped is zero. It is falling freely toward the ground. What will be its speed after 5 seconds of falling? Answered by Penny Nom.
From Tamara: An object has an initial speed of 5 m/s and is accelerating with 2 m/s2 (m/s squared) acceleration. What will be its speed after 10s? Answered by Penny Nom.
From Penny: I am trying to help my son with this problem. Find the first five terms of the sequence that can be written from the formula A= 2n !-1. Answered by Penny Nom.
From Randy: A positive integer n is chosen. Then the product n ( n + 1 )
is computed and two digits are appended to the end of the product. The
resulting number is the square of an integer.
Show that it is always possible to complete the process above or give a
positive integer n for which the process cannot be completed. Answered by Chris Fisher and Claude Tardif.
From Trish: I have 7 golfers and we are playing 4 days of golf. I would like to do pairings so that everyone gets to play with each other at least one time. Can you help with this? Not a math whiz here and looking for help. Thank you. Answered by Victoria West.
