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A work-at-home opportunity is available in which you will receive 2 percent of the sales for customers you refer to the company. The cost of your ""franchise fee"" is $750. How much would your customers have to buy to cover the cost of this fee

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Answer:

$37,500

Step-by-step explanation:

You receive 2% of the sales.

You have to earn $750 to break even, or cover the franchise cost.

So, if we let Sales be "x", we can say:

2% of x would be 750

What is 2% in decimal?? We divide by 100, so we have:

2% = 2/100 = 0.02

Now, we convert the word equation above to mathematical equation:

0.02 * x = 750

Now, we solve for x, the amount customers have to buy (or sales):


0.02*x=750\\x=(750)/(0.02)\\x=37,500

Hence,

Customers would have to buy $37,500 to cover the cost of this fee.

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