I am confused on how to do this ? !
Jeff is a salesperson in a retail store and earns $52 per week plus 13% of his weekly sales. If Jeff made
$312 one week, what were his sales that week?
312 - 52 = 260
0.13x = 260
Solve for x
To determine Jeff's sales for the week, we need to set up a proportion using the information given. Let's break it down:
1. Jeff earns $52 per week plus 13% of his weekly sales.
2. In the given week, Jeff earned $312.
Now, we can set up the proportion:
Sales / $312 = 13% / 100%
To solve for Sales, we can cross-multiply and solve for the unknown variable.
Sales = ($312 * 13%) / (100%)
To calculate this using simple arithmetic:
Sales = ($312 * 0.13) / 1
Sales = $40.56
Therefore, Jeff's sales for that week were approximately $40.56.