Question

A local salesman receives a base salary of $975 monthly. He also receives a commission of 6% on all sales over $1200. How much would he have to sell in a month if he needed to have a monthly income of $2500

Answer 1

He has to sell in a month $26616.67.

Given that a local salesman receives a base salary of $975 monthly and he also receives a commission of 6% on all sales over $1200.

A numerical assertion wherein two articulations are delivered equivalent to each other is known as an algebraic condition.

Let the Sales amount be s.

We have:

Sales over 1,200 is written as

s-1200

6% is also 0.06  as a decimal,

so according to question, we have

0.06(s - 1200) + 975=2500

Now, we will apply the distributive property a(b+c)=ab+ac, we get

0.06s-0.06×1200+975=2500

Further, we want to simplify the left-hand side, we get

0.06s-72+975=2500

0.06s+903=2500

Furthermore, we will subtract 903 from both sides, we get

0.06s+903-903=2500-903

0.06s=1597

Now, we will divide both sides with 0.06, we get

0.06s/0.06=1597/0.06

s=26616.67

Hence, he have to sell in a month if he needed to have a monthly income of $2500 is $26616.67.

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