document.write( "Question 159061: She is paid a base salary of $1200 a month plus a 2% commission on the sales she makes. What was her sales amount last month if she earned a total of ? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "If we let $\"x=Sales\"$ , $\"y=earnings\"$
\n" ); document.write( "It follows Salary per month:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"BaseSalary%2B0.02x=y\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1200%2B0.02x=y\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"0.02x=y-1200\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"cross%280.02%29x%2Fcross%280.02%29=%28y-1200%29%2F0.02\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=%28y-1200%29%2F0.02\"$ , CAN'T CONTINUE, NO VALUE FOR $\"y\"$ , (earnings)
\n" ); document.write( "* If you have the value just substitute it to the eqn and get the total sales for the month.
\n" ); document.write( "Thank you,
\n" ); document.write( "Jojo
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