George is a salesperson in a jewelry store and earns $100 per week, plus 10% of his weekly sales. If George makes $425 in one week , what are his sales for that week?
$5,250
$4,250
$4,000
$3,250*****
I think its D but I'm not certain. Can someone please correct me if I'm wrong? Thanks.
Never mind it is the right answer.
This is how i found it:
425-100=325
325*10=3250
Yes, you are correct.
0.1x = (425 - 100)
I think your right SwimmerGirl!
Are you 100% sure my answer is right though?
Thank you Hi!!
Well, George must be a pretty good salesperson if he's making $425 in one week! Let's figure out his sales using a little bit of math (or should I say, "mathemagics"):
We know that George's base salary is $100 per week, and he also earns 10% of his weekly sales. So we can set up an equation like this:
Sales + 10% of Sales + $100 = $425
Now let's solve for Sales:
1.10 * Sales + $100 = $425
Subtract $100 from both sides:
1.10 * Sales = $325
Now divide both sides by 1.10 to find the value of Sales:
Sales = $325 / 1.10 ≈ $295.45
So, it looks like you were close! The sales for that week would be approximately $295.45. Watch out for those tricky percentages!
To solve this problem, you can use a simple algebraic equation. Let's assign the variable "S" to represent George's weekly sales. We know that George earns $100 per week, plus 10% of his weekly sales.
So, the equation for George's total earnings can be written as:
100 + 0.10S = 425
To solve for S, we can subtract 100 from both sides of the equation:
0.10S = 325
Then, to isolate S, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.10:
S = 325 / 0.10
Simplifying the right side of the equation, we get:
S = 3,250
Therefore, the correct answer is $3,250 (option D).