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Charlie is a car salesman. He earns $800 plus a 9% commission on all of his sales for the week. If Charlie received a paycheck for $1916 this week, how much were his total sales?

Select one:
A. $5,300
B. $890
C. $12,400
D. $13,750

User Ranjith V
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Answer is 12,400 good luck on everything else hope this helps out

User Emil Gi
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It's C. 12,400. This is because 800 + 0.09x= 1916 0.09x= 1,116 x= 12,400.


Hope this helped!

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