SOLUTION: A new car salesperson is paid a monthly salary of $500 plus a commission of 5% of all the sales she makes each month. What monthly sales figure would give her of a monthly income o

Question 910165: A new car salesperson is paid a monthly salary of $500 plus a commission of 5% of all the sales she makes each month. What monthly sales figure would give her of a monthly income of $1,200?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, stanbon:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the monthly sales
Let = the monthly income

The monthly sales is $14,000

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A new car salesperson is paid a monthly salary of $500 plus a commission of 5% of all the sales she makes each month. What monthly sales figure would give her of a monthly income of $1,200?
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Equation:
salary = 500 + 0.05x where "x" is the amount of sales for the month.
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Solve:: 500+0.05x = 1200
0.05x = 700
x = 70000/5
x = $14000 (amount of sales for the month)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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