You have just been hired to sell furniture at a local retail company and have been offered two pay options. The first option is to work on a pure commission of 10% of your monthly sales. The second option is to get paid $1000 per month plus 5% of your monthly sales. If y represents your monthly paycheck, and x represents your monthly sales, write the equation for each option.

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Use the two equations to write an equation that will determine the amount of sales that will make the two options equal.

For what amount of sales will the pay of the two options be equal.