Question

The total sales at Office Products this year are 5713.340, which is 35% more than last year's sales. What is the amount of last yeats sales?

Answer 1

Answer:

4232.10

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total sales at Office Products this year are

Which is 35% more than last year's sales.

Question asked:

What is the amount of last years sales ?

Solution:

Let  last year's sales = $x$

Total sales of this year = Total sales of last year + sales increased

$5713.340 = x + x \times 35\%\\5713.340 = x + \frac{35x}{100} \\5713.340 = \frac{135x}{100}$

Multiplying both side by 100

$571334 = 135x$

Dividing both side by 135

$4232.10 = x$

Therefore, the amount of last years sales is 4232.10