Adnan Hassan earned 5% commission as a sales trainee. After promotion to a sales associate, he earned 8% commission. His year-end
report showed $673,874 in total sales and $45,006.52 in commission.
What did his sales total as (a) a sales trainee and (b) a sales associate?

Acompany manufactures x units of product a and y units of product b, on two machines, i and ii. it has been determined that the company will realize a profit of $3 on each unit of product a and $4 on each unit of product b. to manufacture a unit of product a requires 7 min on machine i and 5 min on machine ii. to manufacture a unit of product b requires 8 min on mchine i and 5 min on machine ii. there are 175 min available on machine i and 125 min available on machine ii in each work shift. how many units of a product should be produced in each shift to maximize the company's profit p?