Question

Sarah works ar a shoe store. She earns a base salary of $1,500 per month, plus a 25% commission on the amount of shoe sales she makes druing the month. If Sarah's goal is to earn $2,000 a month, what is the amount of shoe sales that she must make in a month?

Answer 1

Explanation:

goal is 2,000 and she already makes 1,500

2,000-1,500 gives you the amount she needs to earn from shoe sales

she needs to earn 500 dollars with a 25% commision

25% can also be written as 25/100

for every $100 she makes, she gets $25 but she needs $500

100:25

we need the second number in the ratio to equal $500

500 divided by 25 is 20

20 x 100 : 25 x 20

2000: 500

ANOTHER WAY: 500 is 1/4 of 2000 and 1/4 is 25% so you could multiply the amount she needed by 4 to get your answer