SOLUTION: A salesperson earns a $200 per week in base pay plus one-twentieth of his/her dollar sales in volume. Find the salesperson's dollar sales volume if he/she earned $785 for the week

Question 307033: A salesperson earns a $200 per week in base pay plus one-twentieth of his/her dollar sales in volume. Find the salesperson's dollar sales volume if he/she earned $785 for the week (before taxes)
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, mananth:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: solve the equation to find 'x' which is the amount in sales.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the sales be $x
She gets 5% on sales
The money earned on sales = 0.05x
The base pay =$ 200
0.05x + 200 = 785
0.05x =785-200
0.05x= 585
x=585/0.05
$ 11700 is the sales
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