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A salesperson at a car dealership has a base salary of $25,000 per year and earns 5% commission on total sales.

How much must the salesperson sell to earn $50,000 in one year?


ANSWER CHOICES
$50,000
$5000
$500,000

please explain and show work so I know how do similar questions. thank you.​

Respuesta :

So the person makes $50,000 minus the base salary of $25,000 which means he must make $25,000 in commissions.

So we have to figure out $25,000 is 5% of how much. There are many ways to do this.

5% is like saying 5/100. So $25,000 x 100/5 = $500,000

Or, to go from 5% to 100% you multiply by 20. Therefore your answer is $25,000 x 20= $500,000