Question

The sports club sold candles as a fundraiser to support the new team. The club earns a commission on its candle sales. If the club gets to keep 30% of the money from the candle sales, what would the club's total sales have to be in order to make at least 600

A 2000$
B 2500$
C 3125$
D 4050$​

Answer 1

A $2000

Explanation:

Let x be the least amount of money the club has to make to get $600 then...

30%x=600

We can convert 30% to a fraction. Any percentage is that number percent over hundred:

`(30)/(100)x=600`

Simplify the fraction by dividing it by 10/10. Notice we can only do this since 10/10 is equivalent to 1, so in a sense we are dividing the fraction by 1:

`(3)/(10)x=600`

Multiply 10 to both sides

`3x=6000`

Divide both sides by 3

`x=2000`

The club would have to make at least $2000