SOLUTION: A sales executive earns a base monthly salary of $1000 plus 5 % commission on total sales. Find the total sales during a month in which the executive earned 2800.

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Question 551977: A sales executive earns a base monthly salary of $1000 plus 5 % commission on total sales. Find the total sales during a month in which the executive earned 2800.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the total sales for the month =
given:




The total sales for the month = $54,000

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