Question

A phone sales associate makes $54 each day that he works and makes approximately $34 in commission for each phone that he sells. If he wants to make at least $326 in one day, at least how many phones does he need to sell?

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

Since the associate makes $54 every day he works, we know he makes a minimum of $54. So, from his goal of $326, we can subtract the minimum to find how many phones he must sell.

326 - 54 = 272

So, he must sell $272 worth of phones. For every phone he sells, he makes $34. So, we can find how many phones he must sell by dividing the goal by the cost of each phone.

272 / 34 = 8

So, he has to sell 8 phones, at the very least, in order to achieve his goal.