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The real estate agent's base salary is $21,000. They also receive 5% commission on total sales. How much in total sales do they have to make in order to earn $70,000 in one year?

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Answer: $980,000

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Work Shown:

x = amount of sales

0.05x = five percent of sales to represent commission earned

21,000+0.05x = add on the base salary to get total salary

21,000+0.05x = 70,000

0.05x = 70,000-21,000

0.05x = 49,000

x = (49,000)/(0.05)

x = 980,000

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Check:

If the real estate agent sold $980,000 worth of property, then s/he earned 5% of 980,000 = 0.05*980,000 = 49,000 dollars in commission.

The total salary for the year is 21,000+49,000 = 70,000 dollars. The answer is confirmed.

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