Laura is a salesperson in a retail store and earns $65 per week plus 10% of her weekly sales. If Laura earned $200 one week, what were her sales that week
200=65+.10x
She earns a flat salary of 65 weekly no matter what. Her commission is 10% and is a reward for her to sell more. 200 is her total. x is what you want to know.
Subtract 65 from both sides.
135=.10x
Divide both sides by .10
x=$1350 in sales that week
Your commission is $60 for
every $200 sold.
Commission on $700 =
To find out Laura's sales, we need to set up an equation based on the information provided. We know that Laura earns $65 per week plus 10% of her weekly sales.
Let's assume her weekly sales are denoted by x. Therefore, her earnings for the week can be expressed as:
Earnings = $65 + 10% * Sales
Now we can substitute the given information into the equation. We know that Laura earned $200 for the week:
$200 = $65 + 10% * Sales
To find the value of sales, we can rearrange the equation:
$200 - $65 = 10% * Sales
Simplifying the equation, we have:
$135 = 10% * Sales
To solve for Sales, we need to divide both sides of the equation by 10%:
Sales = $135 / 10%
To convert the percentage to a decimal, we divide it by 100:
Sales = $135 / 0.1
Finally, we can calculate the value of Sales:
Sales = $1350
Therefore, Laura's sales for that week were $1350.