Re: Curve Formula - Entrepeneur Who Forgot All His 1st Year Math Skills : (

On Thu, 08 May 2008 06:41:59 EDT, HongKongMan
<donotemailmehere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Hello Everybody,
>
>I forgot all my pre-biz math skills from first year and stupidly left all
my textbooks back home on the other side of the planet.  I need to
determine a function for determining a commision rate for order values of
the following:
> -Order value from $0 to $5000: 15%
> -Order values greater than $5000 to $50000: decrease to 5%
> -Order values greater than $50000: 5%
>
>Between $5000 and $50000 I would like the commission rate to decrease at
a decreasing rate so that the graph looks like a perfect curve.  This is
to ensure that the dollar value of the commission is always larger as the
order value increases.  Can anyone help me with this?
>
>Thanks!!!

Try rate = (35x + 500) / (9x) for x between15 and 50. Here x is in
thousands and rate is in %. This will give you commission rates
decreasing from 15% to 5% while the total commissions increase
linearly between $750 and $2500.

--Lynn