Question

David, a sales clerk in an appliance store, earns a base salary of $1,200 per month plus a commission of 8 percent on monthly sales over $600. If David received $1,900 for the month of April, how much were his monthly sales?

Answer 1

Here , As he received $1900 i.e. 1200 + 700

in which 700 is commission.

Now, the commission is 8% on sales over

$600.

That means,

8% of x = 700

=> 8x/100 = 700

=> x = 700*100/8

=> x = $ 8750.

Now, Total monthly sales

= $ 600 + $ 8750 = $9350.