a salesperson earns $275 per week plus 11/2 percent commission on the dollar amount of all products that she sells. To the nearest dollar how much must her product sales total for her to earn $500 per week?

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$A c c o r d i n g t o g i v e n c o n d i t i o n & 500 = & 275 + \frac{11}{2 \times 100} (x), x b e i n g t h e a m o u n t o f p r o d u c t s t h a t m u s t b e s o l d O n s o l v i n g & 500 - & 275 = \frac{5.5}{100} (x) \frac{& 225 \times 100}{5.5} = x x = 4090.9 \approx 4091 T h e r e f o r e s h e m u s t s e l l t h e p r o d u c t s o f a m o u n t & 4091 .$

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a salesperson earns $275 per week plus 11/2 percent commission on the dollar amount of all products that she sells. To the nearest dollar how much must her product sales total for her to earn $500 per week?

Dear Student, According to given condition &500 = &275 +112×100(x), x being the amount of products that must be sold On solving &500-&275= 5.5100(x)&225×1005.5=xx=4090.9 ≈4091Therefore she must sell the products of amount &4091. Regards