Question

A salesperson receives a 3% commission on sales the salesperson receives 180$ in commission what is the amount of sales

Answer 1

3% of the sales is $180

If the sales is called 's' we can write an equation to model the statement 3% of the sales is $180:

$\frac{3}{100} \times s = 180\\\\0.03 \times s = 180\\\\s = \frac{180}{0.03}\\\\\boxed{\bf{s=6000}}$

The amount of sales is $6,000.

Your final answer is $6,000 in sales.

Answer 2

This problem can simply be expressed in an equation. Let's say that x is the amount of sales that is being looked for here. So our equation will be 0.03x = 180. So to put it simply, the amount of sales (x) has to be multiplied by 0.03 in order to get 180. So to solve for x, all we have to do now is divide 180 by 0.03. If we do that, we will be able to get a final answer of 6,000. So we can conclude that the total amount of sales received by the salesperson is 6,000.