Question on Sales and Profit

Topic : Sales and Profit

Question : Jill is paid $991 per week, plus also receives 15% commission on sales made during the week. If Jill recives a $3965.35 paycheck this week, how much did Jill have in sales?

Solution :

Given per week = $991

commission on sales made = 15%

Given total amount received = $3965.35

Let x be the total sales

Therefore,

$991 + x times 15% = 3965.35

15% x = 3965.35-991 = 2974.35

x = (2974.35 x 100)/15 = 19829

The total number of sales = $19,829 (Answer)