SOLUTION: At urgills used cars, the salesperson get a base salary of $25,000 per year and earn a 5% commission on total sales they make. Jill has accepted a position with urgills used cars a

Question 990337: At urgills used cars, the salesperson get a base salary of $25,000 per year and earn a 5% commission on total sales they make. Jill has accepted a position with urgills used cars as a salesperson. She would like to make $50,000 per year. How total sales of used cars must she make in one yeat in order to make her goal?
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She needs to make $25,000 in commissions, which plus her base salary would be $50,000.
x=total cars $cost sold
(0.05x)=25000.
divide by (0.05), and the result is $500,000
$500,000*0.05=$25,000.
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