Question

A salesperson earns a base salary of $1,380 per month and a commission of 7.5% on the
amount of sales made. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4,132.50 for one month, what was
the amount of sales for the month?

Answer 1

base salary + commission = paychek
base salary = 1380
amount of sales = x
7.5% of sales = 0.075x
Put it together:
1380 + 0.075x = 4132.5
Solve for x

Answer 2

I would write this as an equation:
Paycheck = Monthly base salary + 7.5% commission
So for the month reported:
$4,132.50 = 1,380 + 0.075 (amount of sales)
So just subtract 1380 from both sides, then divide both sides by 0.075
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Answer 3

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Answer 5

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