John made $40 commissions for $500 sales or 40/500. He wants $320 for an unknown amount of sales or 320/x.
40/500=320/x Cross multiply.
40x=160,000
Divide both sides by 40.
X=4,000
He needs his sales to be $4,000 to get $320 in commission.
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