Nathan, a salesperson, is considering two job offers. At Harbor Sales, Nathan’s salary would be $249 per week plus a 15% commission of sales. At Industrial Sales, his salary would be $300 per week plus a 12% commission of sales.

(a) What weekly dollar volume of sales would Nathan need to make for the total income from both companies to be the same?

(b) If he expects to makes weekly sales of $2500, which company would give the greater salary?

Write a system of equations that can be used to solve the problem. Then solve the system and deter-mine the answer.