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Charu works as a salesperson for an Internet company. She receives a weekly base salary plus 15% of her weekly sales. Last week she earned $390 from sales. This can be represented by this equation, where m represents Charu's Internet sales for the week.

0.15m = 390

What was the amount of Charu's sales last week?

A.
$2,600.00
B.
$3,750.00
C.
$5,850.00
D.
$9,100.00

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A. I got it off a website that has been giving me 100s so far so trust
User Daniel Schuler
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Answer:

A: $2,600

Explanation:

0.15m = 390

Isolate the variable m by diving both sides by 0.15

0.15m ÷ 0.15 = 390 ÷ 0.15

m = 2600

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