Question

Xena needs a sales person sales person essay is offering his services for an initial $50 in addition to five dollars per hour sales person B is offering her services for $15 per hour after how many hours will the two sales people charge the same amount of money

Answer 1

The equation for Person A is y=5x+50 while the equation for Person B is y=15x. You want to set these two rates equal to each other to find out when they’re going to be the same price and just solve it out.

1) 5x+50=15x
2) 50=10x
3) x=5

So your answer is they will charge the same amount for 5 hours.