A salesperson earns $20 a day plus 10% commission on sales over $200. If her daily earnings are $25.40, how much money in merchandside did she sell?

Annette Arroyo

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2021-09-14

A salesperson earns $20 a day plus 10% commission on sales over $200. If her daily earnings are $25.40, how much money in merchandside did she sell?

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Skilled2021-09-15Added 94 answers

To abel the variables, let x be the amount the saleperson sold in merchandise. Given that,
The saleperson earns per day = $50
The rate of interest of her commision on sales over $200 = 0.12
Her total earnings per day = $76.88
In verbal form,(The saleperson's tota earnings per day)=(Her eraning per day)+(commision on sales)
In the mathematical model,
76.88=50+(0.12×x)
76.8850=0.12x
26.88=0.12x
224=x [Dividing both sides by 0.12]
Therefore, the amount the salesperson sold in merchandise is $224

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