Question

Nikhil gets paid a 5 percent commission on every pair of shoes that he sells. He earned $1.00 on the last pair of shoes that he sold. The expression that can be used to represent x, the price of the shoes, is mc005-1.jpg What was the price of the shoes?

Answer 1

Price of the shoes is let s to be shoe's price and f(s) total shoes:

.05s=f(s)

.05s=1

s= $20