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marcus has accepted a job selling cell phones. he will be paid $1500 plus 15% of his sales each month. he needs to earn at least $2430 to pay his bills. for what amount of sales will marcus be able to pay his bills?

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Answer:

6200.

Explanation:

User Psanf
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If you would like to know the amount of sales that Marcus will be able to pay his bills, you can calculate this using the following steps:

s ... amount of sales
$1500 + 15% of s >= $2430
1500 + 15% * s >= 2430
15/100 * s >= 2430 - 1500
15/100 * s >= 930
s >= 930 * 100/15
s >= $6200

The correct result would be $6200.
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