SOLUTION: Carol earns $250.00 plus 7% of her weekly sales. If she earns $1097.91, what were her weekly sales?

Question 168782: Carol earns $250.00 plus 7% of her weekly sales. If she earns $1097.91, what were her weekly sales?
Found 2 solutions by Mathtut, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be weekly sales
250+.07x=1097.91
:
.07x=847.91
:
dollars in weekly sales

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: 7% =

Let x=weekly sales

Since "Carol earns $250.00 plus 7% of her weekly sales", this translates to where "y" is the amount she earned in total

Start with the given equation

Plug in

Subtract 250 from both sides.

Subtract

Divide both sides by 0.07 to isolate x

Divide

So the answer is which means that her weekly sales was $12,113
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