SOLUTION: Three salesman went to 400 households to sell a certain brand of rice cookers costing $60 each.15% of the households bought a rice cooker each from them.if the three salesman sold

Question 213416: Three salesman went to 400 households to sell a certain brand of rice cookers costing $60 each.15% of the households bought a rice cooker each from them.if the three salesman sold ricecooker in the ratio 3:4:5, find the commission each salesman recieved if the commission is 4% of the total sales
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of households that bought rice cookers was

Each household bought 1 rice cooker
Let = the number sold by salesman A
Let = the number sold by salesman B
Let = the number sold the salesman C
(1)
(2)
(3)
This is 3 equations with 3 unknowns, so it should be solvable
From (2)

From (3)

Now rewrite (1)

Multiply both sides by

and

The 3 salesmen charged $60 for each rice cooker
A's $ sales =
B's $ sales =
C's $ sales =
A's commision =
B's commision =
C's commision =
Hope I didn't misread the problem!

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