Megan is a sales associate at a perfume store. Each week she earns $200 plus a 3% commission of all her sales. This week she earned $218. How much, in dollars, were Megan's perfume sales this week?

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mathteacher1729 · Answer

This is basically asking you...

"18 dollars is three percent of how much money?"

calculusfunctions · Answer

This is a linear equation of the form y = mx + b. Where y would be her earnings, m is her commission (change percent to decimals), x is her sales, and b is her fixed earnings. Do you understand @abbyclairee ?