document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=702197>Question 702197</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Doug is a salesperson in a retail person store and earns $68 per week plus 17% of his weekly sales. If Doug made $578 one week, what were his sales that week?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please explain how to solve this problem. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let p = amount of sales in that week.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Doug made $578, which was the sum of his 17% of sales and his normal $68.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Doug's $578 is 0.17 multiplied by p, and then add $68.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can translate that into an equation, and then solve for p. </SPAN>\n" );
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