Question

Suppose you're a salesperson for Quark computer company. Each month you earn $500 plus one-sixth of your sales. What amount must you sell this month to earn $3000?

Answer 1

To earn `$3000` this month, I need to sell `$15000` worth of products.

Explanation:

Since the salary consists of two components, one fixed at `$500` and the other based on sales, in order to earn `$3000`, I would have to earn `$(3000-500)` or `$2500` from sales alone.

That `$2500` represents one sixth of the sales I must achieve. If we represent the total sales I achieve as `x`, we can write the equation as:

`x/6=2500`

Multiplying both sides by `6`, we get:

`x=6xx2500`

`x=15000`