SOLUTION: An employee of the computer store is paid a base salary of $1,175 per month plus a 5% commission on all sales during the month. How much must this employee sell in one month to ea

SOLUTION: An employee of the computer store is paid a base salary of $1,175 per month plus a 5% commission on all sales during the month. How much must this employee sell in one month to ea

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Question 9479: An employee of the computer store is paid a base salary of $1,175 per month plus a 5% commission on all sales during the month. How much must this employee sell in one month to earn a total of 3,170 for the month
Answer by huntingmaster325(15) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first thing you subtract what he made in salary
3,170-1,175=1,995 for its 5% of that you divide it by .05
answer is 39,900$ sold worth computers
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