SOLUTION: An appliance salesperson receives $200 per week plus 8% of his sales. If the salesperson earned $875 (before taxes) last week, how much money did the saleperson make in sales?
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Question 873172: An appliance salesperson receives $200 per week plus 8% of his sales. If the salesperson earned $875 (before taxes) last week, how much money did the saleperson make in sales?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let sales be x
earnings equation
E= 200+0.08x
875 = 200+0.08x
675=0.08x
675/0.08 = x
$8437.50 was his sales
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