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?
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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
(3 * 15) / 4 = 45/4 = 11....remainder 1....each grandkid gets 11 cards...equaling 44 cards....leaving 1 left for Mr. Dawson
The short answer: yes.
Explanation: every rational number can be expressed as, well, a ratio. For instance, 5 can be expressed as 5/1 and 1.75 can be expressed as 7/4. Irrational numbers are not rational. For instance, pi... there is no ration for pi.
1 and a fourth because 3 3/4 devided by three equals 1 1/4