Question

a salesman earns $200 salary per month and 3.5% commission on the value of sales made during the month if during may his total income is $900 what must be the dollar value of sales achieved by salesman during the month?

Answer 1

salary peronth is $200
and he receives total $900.
means, commission is 700.
commission is paid at the rate of 3.5%
now,

commission. sales
3.5. 100
700. ?

so,

sales of the month = 700 × 100 ÷ 3.5
= 20,000
so sales of the following month is of $20,000