463,691 views
45 votes
45 votes
Alejandro, a pharmaceutical sales representative, sells statins for a drug maker. He earns a 12% commission of the total sales of the statins that he sells to hospitals. If he earned 60,000 in commissions, what was the total dollar value of the drugs that he sold?

User Erayerdem
by
2.7k points

1 Answer

7 votes
7 votes

Answer: x=500,000

Explanation:

60,000=.12x

60,000/.12=x/.12

500,000=x

User WhoIsJack
by
3.0k points