SOLUTION: A salesperson earns a base salary of $1,540 per month and a commission of 7.6% on the amount of sales. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4,291.20 for one month, what was the

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Question 1023480: A salesperson earns a base salary of $1,540 per month and a commission of 7.6% on the
amount of sales. If the salesperson has a paycheck of $4,291.20 for one month, what was the
amount of sales for the month?

Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
$4,291.20 - $1,540
= $3751.20
($3751.20 x 100)/7.6
= $49357.89.
This was the amount of sales that month.
Hope this helps :-)

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