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Whatever% of anything is just (whatever/100) * anything.
now, we know Trever makes $500 in salary and 2% on sales, let's say he sells "x" amount, how much is 2% of x? well (2/100) * x, or 0.02x.
Therefore Trever's earnings are 500 + 0.02x, his salary plus his commission.
to earn a total of 2,000, then 500 + 0.02x = 2000, thus
now, we know Trever makes $500 in salary and 2% on sales, let's say he sells "x" amount, how much is 2% of x? well (2/100) * x, or 0.02x.
Therefore Trever's earnings are 500 + 0.02x, his salary plus his commission.
to earn a total of 2,000, then 500 + 0.02x = 2000, thus