Question

At Gulfport Electronics, Randy earns a monthly salary of $1500 plus a 5% commission of x, his total monthly sales. If his March earnings total $2500, write and solve an equation that could be used to determine his total monthly sales for the month of March

Answer 1

His March Earnings is $20000

Explanation:

Given

`Salary = \$1500`

`Commission = 5\%\ of\ sales`

`March\ Earnings = \$2500`

Required

Determine the monthly sales

Represent the monthly sales with x

The march earnings can be determined using:

`March\ Earnings = Salary + Commission`

`March\ Earnings = Salary + 5\%\ of\ x`

Substitute values of March Earnings and Salary

`2500 = 1500 + 5\% * x`

`2500 = 1500 + 0.05 * x`

`2500 = 1500 + 0.05x`

Solve for 0.05x

`0.05x = 2500 - 1500`

`0.05x = 1000`

Solve for x

`x = 1000/0.05`

`x = 20000`

Hence:

His March Earnings is $20000