A Salesperson receives a weekly salary of $100 plus a 5.5% commission on sales. Her salary last week

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    A Salesperson receives a weekly salary of $100 plus a 5.5% commission on sales. Her salary last week was $1090. What were her sales that week?

    $1,090 - 100 = $990.

    This is her commission.
    Let s = Sales.
    So 0.055s = $990

    Divide each side by 0.055.
    s = $18,000
     
    math_celebrity, Sep 8, 2016
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