Question

Nikki works at a store that sells consumer electronics. She earns $12 per hour, plus a commission of 5% of her total sales amount each day. Nikki worked 8 hours on Saturday. Including her commission, Nikki earned a total of $139 on Saturday. Which equation can be solved for x, Nikki’s total sales amount in dollars on Saturday?

Answer 1

Answer:

See below.

Step-by-step explanation:

So, Nikki earns $12 per hour.

And she also earns a 5% or 0.05 commission of her total sales each day.

On Saturday, she worked eight hours and she earned $139. In other words, she earned 8(12) or $96 from working her hours and another $43 (139-96) from her commission.

Thus:

$139=96+0.05x$

Where x represents Nikki's total sales on Saturday.

Further notes:

To solve, subtract 96 from both sides and divide by 0.05:

$139=96+0.05x\\43=0.05x\\x=\ 860$

Thus, her total sales that day were $860.