Solve the problem.
-A salesperson has two job offers. Company A offers a weekly salary of $120 plus commission of 6% of sales. Company B offers a weekly salary of $240 plus commission of 3% of sales. What is the amount of sales above Which Company A's offer is the better of the two?
A)$4000
B)$4100
C)$2000
D)$8000

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For Company A to offer a better deal than Company B, the total earnings from Company A must be greater than those from Company B. Let $x$ represent the amount of sales. The earnings from Company A can be represented as $120 + 0.06x$, and the earnings from Company B can be represented as $240 + 0.03x$. Setting these two expressions equal to find the break-even point and solving for $x$ gives:$$120 + 0.06x = 240 + 0.03x$$Subtracting $0.03x$ from both sides and subtracting 120 from both sides gives:$$0.03x = 120$$Dividing both sides by $0.03$ gives:$$x = 4000$$Therefore, for sales above $4000, Company A's offer is better.

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