document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=307033>Question 307033</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A salesperson earns a $200 per week in base pay plus one-twentieth of his/her dollar sales in volume. Find the salesperson's dollar sales volume if he/she earned $785 for the week (before taxes) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "She gets 5% on sales\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The money earned on sales = 0.05x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base pay =$ 200\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.05x + 200 = 785\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.05x =785-200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05x= 585\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=585/0.05\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$ 11700 is the sales </SPAN>\n" );
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