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If your gross pay is $678 for the week, and you earned 11% on sales plus a salary of $345, what were your total sales?

User Geet
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678-345= 333

333*(100/11) =

answer is 3,027.27
User Denys Kotsur
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Answer:

Total sales = $3,027.272727

= $3,027.28 (to 2 decimal places )

Step-by-step explanation:

Gross Pay = $678

Salary = $345

Let total sales = x

Earnings on sales = 11% of sales = 11% of x

Gross pay = Salary + 11% of Sales

$678 = $345 + (11% of x)

$678 = $345 + 11x/100

$678 = $345 + 0.11x

Subtract $345 from both sides

$678 - $345 = $345 - $345+ 0.11x

$333 = 0.11x

Divide both sides by the coefficient of x (i.e. 0.11)

$333/0.1`1 = 0.11x/0.11

$3,027.272727 = x

x = $3,027.28 (to 2 decimal places )

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