SOLUTION: A salesman earns $1500 each month plus a commission of 6 1/2% of his sales in excess of $7000 for the month. How much did he earn for the month in which his total sales were $14,40

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Question 1046802: A salesman earns $1500 each month plus a commission of 6 1/2% of his sales in excess of $7000 for the month. How much did he earn for the month in which his total sales were $14,400?
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1500+0.065(14400-7000) = use your calculator, first solve inside parenthesis, then the rest.
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