Question

help please! The two salespeople for a local advertising firm are Trinity and Jason. Trinity sold $2030 in ads and Jason sold $1540. What fraction of the total sales did each salesperson sell? show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

Jason sold 22/51 of the total sales and Trinity sold 29/51 of the total sales.

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming that Trinity and Jason are the only ones selling ads, we much combine their sales to find the total sales. Then we can set up a proportion for each individual and reduce their fraction.

If Trinity sold $2030 worth of  ads and Jason sold $1540 then

2030 + 1540 = 3,570

Trinity and Jason have a combined total of $3,570 is sales.

Trinity's fraction then becomes

2030 / 3570

Which can be reduced to

29 / 51

Jason's fraction of sales is then

1540 / 3570

Which reduces to

22 / 51