# Teresa earns a weekly salary of $925 and a 5% commission on her total sales. Ramón earns a weekly salary of$1,250 and a 3% commission on sales. What amount of sales, x, will result in each of them earning the same amount for the week?

CMIIh 2021-02-08 Answered
Teresa earns a weekly salary of $925 and a 5% commission on her total sales. Ramón earns a weekly salary of$1,250 and a 3% commission on sales. What amount of sales, x, will result in each of them earning the same amount for the week?
You can still ask an expert for help

Expert Community at Your Service

• Live experts 24/7
• Questions are typically answered in as fast as 30 minutes
• Personalized clear answers

Solve your problem for the price of one coffee

• Available 24/7
• Math expert for every subject
• Pay only if we can solve it

## Expert Answer

2k1enyvp
Answered 2021-02-09 Author has 94 answers

If Teresa earns a 5% commission on her total sales, then she will earn 0.05x dollars for xx amount of sales. She also earns a weekly salary of $925 so her total earnings are $925+0.05xx$ dollars. If Ramon earns a 3% commission on his total sales, then he will earn 0.03x dollars for xx amount of sales. He also earns a weekly salary of$1,250 so his total earnings are $1,250+0.03x$ dollars.
If they earn the same amount for the week, then:
$925+0.05x=1,250+0.03x$
$925+0.02x=1,250$
$0.02x=325$
$x=16,250$
Their weekly earnings will then be the same for \$16,250 in sales.

###### Not exactly what you’re looking for?

Expert Community at Your Service

• Live experts 24/7
• Questions are typically answered in as fast as 30 minutes
• Personalized clear answers

Solve your problem for the price of one coffee

• Available 24/7
• Math expert for every subject
• Pay only if we can solve it