A salesperson earns a base salary of $1,470 per month and a commission of 6.5% on the
amount of sales made. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4,206.50 for one month, what was
the amount of sales for the month?

Question

A salesperson earns a base salary of $1,470 per month and a commission of 6.5% on the
amount of sales made. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4,206.50 for one month, what was
the amount of sales for the month?

anonymous · Answer

4206.5=total earned
1470= base salary
the variation of his salary is given by a 6.5% of the sales he does SO
you can write ann equation 
$$4206.5=1470+0.065X$$, where X is the sales of the month

anonymous · Answer

so all i need to do is solve that equation

anonymous · Answer

i got 42100

anonymous · Answer

to check use a calculator ^^! and yes, when you have this kind of problems that are lineally modeled you can write easy equations like this.

anonymous · Answer

okay is my answer correct thou

anonymous · Answer

Yes.

anonymous · Answer

okay can you help me with one more problem please

anonymous · Answer

sure