SOLUTION: Please explain: A salesperson earns a base salary of $1280 per month and a commission of 6.4% on the amount of sales made. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4505.60 for one mo

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Question 1140849: Please explain:
A salesperson earns a base salary of $1280 per month and a commission of 6.4% on the amount of sales made. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4505.60 for one month, what was the amount of sales for the month?
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Answer by ikleyn(52855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the condition, you have this equation


    1280 + 0.064*x = 4506.60


to find the unknown value x, which is the amount under the question.


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