A salesperson set a goal to earn $3,000 in July. He receives a base salary of $1,200 per month as well as a 10% commission for all sales in that month. How many dollars of merchandise will he have to sell to meet his goal?
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You are both wrong it is $18,000
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To find out how many dollars of merchandise the salesperson will have to sell to meet his goal, we can start by calculating the amount of commission he will earn.
First, let's find out how much commission he will earn for all sales in July. Since he has a base salary of $1,200 and a 10% commission rate, we can calculate his commission as 10% of his total sales.
Commission = 10% of total sales
Next, we want to find the total sales that will give him a commission of $1,800 ($3,000 - $1,200 base salary).
Commission = $1,800
Now we can set up an equation to solve for the total sales.
Commission = 10% of total sales
$1,800 = 10% of total sales
To solve for the total sales, we need to isolate the variable "total sales." We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 10%.
($1,800)/(10%) = ($1,800)/(10% of total sales)
The percentage sign represents a division by 100, so we can rewrite 10% as 0.10.
($1,800)/(0.10) = total sales
Solving for total sales:
$18,000 = total sales
Therefore, the salesperson will have to sell $18,000 worth of merchandise to meet his goal of earning $3,000 in July.
1200 + .10x = 3000
Solve for x.