SOLUTION: Jane sells cookware on a door-to-door basis. The company she works for offers $45 per day plus $8 for each set of cookware sold. On a particular day Jane earned $173. How many sets

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Question 770982: Jane sells cookware on a door-to-door basis. The company she works for offers $45 per day plus $8 for each set of cookware sold. On a particular day Jane earned $173. How many sets of cookware did she sell on this day?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$173 - $45 (daily commission)
= $128
$128/$8 = 16 sets of cookware.
Hope this helps.
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