document.write( "Question 1067267: a person earns a base salary of $2000 per month. if she earns commission of 2.5% after the first $20000 in sales and she makes $3500 for the month , how much did she make in sales? \n" ); document.write( "
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So I'm assuming that the amount that one makes for the month is their base + commission.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, we know that they make 2000 in the month, which means they have to make 1500 in commission.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x be how much she made in sales.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then x-20000 is how much she made above 20000 that was actually subject to the commission.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so 1500 = .025* (x- 20000)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 80000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So she made 80000 in sales.\r
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