Hey there!
Your question states:
<span>John's monthly paycheck consists of $4000 plus a 9% commission on all of his sales. During one month, John earned $11,650. What were his sales during that month?
</span>
We don't want to 9% to really trick us.
We just do 11,650 - 4,000 = 7,650.
Now, we can adjust everything.
That
9% of the commission on the sales was worth
. . . 7,650
Your correct and clarified answer would be
. . .

Hope this helps.
~Jurgen
<h3>Hello!</h3>

Negative numbers are always less than positive ones.
Do you remember the symbol for "less than"? That's right, "<" :)
Hence,
-6<3
Because
-6 is negative (the - sign tells us that)
3 is positive

<h3>Notes:</h3>
- Hope everything is clear.
- Let me know if you have any questions!
<h3>Answered by:</h3>
~DiamondS~
If you take the total, and multiply it by the sales tax (.08) then you will get $17.28
(216x.08)
A. 3n + 4
First Four Terms: 7, 10, 13, 16
Tenth Term: 34:
Plug in 10, 3 x 10 = 30 + 4 = 34
B. 4n - 5
First Four Terms: -1, 3, 7, 11
Tenth Term: 35
Plug in 10, 4 x 10 = 40 - 5 = 35