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Th coffee seller must have sold 130 coffee case but for him to make at least $3650, he must've sold 131 cups of coffee
Data;
- monthly salary = $3500
- commission = $12
- amount due for commission = $100
- cost of coffee = $25
- total amount = $3650
These are verbal expressions used to represent mathematical problems and if we want to solve them, we must translate them into equations.
If his total pay is $3650 and he earns a commission of $12 for every $100 coffee sold.
How many coffee case are inside $100
This shows that for every 4 coffee case sold, she made ($100 + $12) as profit.
If 4 coffee = $112
how many coffee will give us $3650
From the calculations above, he must've sold at least 131 cups of coffee to make $3650.
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