Local salesman receives a base salary of $650 monthly. He also receives a commission of 11% on all sales over $1500. How much would he have to sell in one month if he needed to have $3000
Let the Sales amount be s. We have:
Sales over 1,500 is written as s - 1500
11% is also 0.11 as a decimal, so we have:
0.11(s - 1500) + 650 = 3000
Multiply through:
0.11s - 165 + 650 = 3500
0.11s + 485 = 3500
To solve this equation for s, we type it in our search engine and we get:
s = 27,409.10
Let the Sales amount be s. We have:
Sales over 1,500 is written as s - 1500
11% is also 0.11 as a decimal, so we have:
0.11(s - 1500) + 650 = 3000
Multiply through:
0.11s - 165 + 650 = 3500
0.11s + 485 = 3500
To solve this equation for s, we type it in our search engine and we get:
s = 27,409.10