Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem solve the equation and determine the desired value use x as the variable

Question

Tito received a weekly salary of 500 dollars at an appliance store. He also receives 4% commission on the total dollar amount of all sales he makes want must his total sales be in a week if he is to make a total of 800 dollars

Answer 1

Let S represent his weekly salary. Let x represent hit total weekly sales.

Since he gest $500 a week plus 4% commission on his weekly sales S can be represented as follows:

S = 500 + .04 x

Note that if Tito has zero weekly sales he still gets $500, because S = 500 + .04(0).

In order to determine what is weekly sales must be in order to have a salary of $800, let S = 800 and solve for x.

800 = 500 + .04x

.04x = 300 (subtract 300 from both sides).

x = 300 / .04

You can perform that operation on a calculator or do it manually.

One we to do it manually is to convert .04 to 4/100.

300 / (4/100) is the same as multiplying 300 by (100/4). Since 100/4 reduces to 25, the answer is 300(25) --left you you..