Please Help Me on a Commission Question?

Question

Doug is a salesperson in a retail store and earns $72 per week plus 12% of his weekly sales. If Doug earned $240 one week, what were his sales that week?

Thanks to all those ppl who help me.

Answer 1

His sales for the week were $1400.

The general formula is:

   Sales = Commission Amount / Commission Percentage

Doug's commission amount was $168 ($240 - $72).

So, with a commission percentage of 12% the math would be:

    x = 168/.12

    x = 1400

Hope this helps

Jerry-the-bookkeeper