Question

Carmen sells electronics. She made a 10% commission on every dollar sale that she makes. One month Carmen got a commission check for $2,500. What were her sales in dollars that month?

Answer 1

well you would first would take 100% and divide by 10% to get 10, so you would then multiply 10 by 2500 to get 25000 dollars.

Answer 2

$25,000 were her sales in dollars that month.

Explanation:

Let the sales made by Cameron in a month be x.

Percentage of sales Cameron receives as a commission = 10%

Amount received as a commission = $2,500

Percentage of sales Cameron receives as a commission :

`10\%=(\$2,500)/(x)* 100`

`x=(\$2,500)/(10)* 100=\$25,000`

$25,000 were her sales in dollars that month.