SOLUTION: If a person gets paid a $30,000 salary plus a 4% on every sale, and they want their total pay to be paid $80,000, what would the value of the sale have to be?

Question 942683: If a person gets paid a $30,000 salary plus a 4% on every sale, and they want their total pay to be paid $80,000, what would the value of the sale have to be?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = dollar amount of sale
y = salary
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y = 0.04x + 30000
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80000 = 0.04x + 30000
0.04x = 80000 - 30000
x = (80000 - 30000)/0.04
x = 1,250,000
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