SOLUTION: Sharon worked on a straight 9% commission. Her friend worked on a salary of 850$ plus a 6% commission. In a particular month, they both sold 22,500$ worth of merchandise. How much

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Question 1187764: Sharon worked on a straight 9% commission. Her friend worked on a salary of 850$ plus a 6% commission. In a particular month, they both sold 22,500$ worth of merchandise. How much did Sharon earn for this month?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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As the problem is worded,  printed,  posted and presented,  it is  INCOMPLETE  and  UNCLEAR,

 both in the same time.



Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Grammatically, the problem as posted says that the two of them together sold $22,500 worth of merchandise ("...they both sold $22,500 worth...")

That makes it impossible to answer the question, because we don't know how much of that total was sold by each of them.

If the intended meaning of the problem is that EACH of them sold $22,500 worth of merchandise, then re-post the problem using correct English, saying "...they each sold $22,500 worth...".