Question

Tamara gets paid an annual salary of $48,000 and earns 4% commission on all sales she makes. If Tamara wants to make $6,000 this month, how much in sales does she need to have?

Answer 1

if she makes x dollars in sales, then how much commission does she get?

Answer 2

I don't know, that's all the question says

Answer 3

what is 4% in decimal form

Answer 4

.04

Answer 5

so if she makes x dollars in sales, then she makes 0.04x dollars in commission

Answer 6

her annual salary is $48,000

that makes her monthly salary: 48000/12 = 4000 dollars

Answer 7

add the commission to her salary to get

0.04x+4000

Answer 8

She's making 0.04x+4000 dollars per month (x is the amount in sales)

Answer 9

She wants to make $6,000 this month, so

0.04x + 4000 = 6000

solve for x to get your final answer

Answer 10

Still not getting it. Just gonna go with $50,000, thanks anyway.

Answer 11

do you see how I got 0.04x + 4000

Answer 12

Yeah, the 0.04 is her commission, x is the amount in sales and 4000 is her monthly salary

Answer 13

so we have

commission + salary = 0.04x + 4000

Answer 14

we want that equal to 6000 dollars, so that's why 0.04x + 4000 = 6000

Answer 15

Now solve for x



0.04x + 4000 = 6000

0.04x = 6000 - 4000

0.04x = 2000

x = 2000/0.04

x = 50,000

Answer 16

So she has to make $50,000 in sales (ie sell a bunch of products that add up to $50,000 in value) to earn $6,000 this month

Answer 17

Okay, I get it now, had to write it out haha
I have a similar problem I did the same process with but got an answer that's not an option.
Bob gets paid an annual salary of $30,000 and earns 5% commission on all sales he makes. If Bob wants to make $6,000 this month, how much in sales does he need to have?
a.$50,000
b.$70,000
c.$90,000
d.$120,000

Answer 18

I'm getting 80,000

Answer 19

what equation did you set up?

Answer 20

I just found where I messed up writing it out, thanks again!

Answer 21

what did you get this time?

Answer 22

70000

Answer 23

very good