An account executive receives a base salary plus a commission. With $23,000 in monthly sales, the account executive receives $1700. On $58,000 in monthly sales, the account executive receives $3200. a. Determine a linear function that will yield the compensation of the sales executive for a given amount of monthly sales. Round any numbers in your function to the nearest hundredth. b. Use this model, with coefficients rounded to the nearest hundreth, to determine the account executive's compensation for $46,700 in monthly sales. Round to the nearest dollar.   A. (a) ; (b) $1868   B. (a) ; (b) $2582   C. (a) ; (b) $4917   D. (a) ; (b) $1868   E. (a) ; (b) $714

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An account executive receives a base salary plus a commission. With $23,000 in monthly sales, the account executive receives $1700. On $58,000 in monthly sales, the account executive receives $3200.
a. Determine a linear function that will yield the compensation of the sales executive for a given amount of monthly sales. Round any numbers in your function to the nearest hundredth.
b. Use this model, with coefficients rounded to the nearest hundreth, to determine the account executive's compensation for $46,700 in monthly sales. Round to the nearest dollar.
  A.
(a) ; (b) $1868
  B.
(a) ; (b) $2582
  C.
(a) ; (b) $4917
  D.
(a) ; (b) $1868
  E.
(a) ; (b) $714
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