Local salesman receives a base salary of $650 monthly. He also receives a commission of 11% on all s

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    Local salesman receives a base salary of $650 monthly. He also receives a commission of 11% on all sales over $1500. How much would he have to sell in one month if he needed to have $3000

    Let the Sales amount be s. We have:
    Sales over 1,500 is written as s - 1500
    11% is also 0.11 as a decimal, so we have:
    0.11(s - 1500) + 650 = 3000

    Multiply through:
    0.11s - 165 + 650 = 3500
    0.11s + 485 = 3500

    To solve this equation for s, we type it in our search engine and we get:
    s = 27,409.10
     

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