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A salesperson earns a weekly salary of $600 plus a commission of 1 percent of sales over$2,000. If he earned $650 in a certain week, what was the amount of his sales? A.$620
B. $2,050 C.$3,000
D. $7,000 E.$22,000
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A salesperson earns a weekly salary of $600 plus a commission of 1 per [#permalink] ### Show Tags 26 Nov 2017, 12:29 2 linkin wrote: A salesperson earns a weekly salary of$600 plus a commission of 1 percent of sales over $2,000. If he earned$650 in a certain week, what was the amount of his sales?

A. $620 B.$2,050
C. $3,000 D.$7,000
E. $22,000 600 + 0.01(x - 2,000) = 650; x - 2,000 = 5,000 x = 7,000. Answer: D. _________________ Target Test Prep Representative Status: Founder & CEO Affiliations: Target Test Prep Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 4612 Location: United States (CA) Re: A salesperson earns a weekly salary of$600 plus a commission of 1 per  [#permalink]

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29 Nov 2017, 10:06
A salesperson earns a weekly salary of $600 plus a commission of 1 percent of sales over$2,000. If he earned $650 in a certain week, what was the amount of his sales? A.$620
B. $2,050 C.$3,000
D. $7,000 E.$22,000

We can create the following equation in which n = amount of sales:

650 = 600 + 0.01(n - 2000)

50 = 0.01n - 20

70 = 0.01n

7000 = n

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Re: A salesperson earns a weekly salary of $600 plus a commission of 1 per [#permalink] ### Show Tags 04 Aug 2018, 10:46 linkin wrote: A salesperson earns a weekly salary of$600 plus a commission of 1 percent of sales over $2,000. If he earned$650 in a certain week, what was the amount of his sales?

A. $620 B.$2,050
C. $3,000 D.$7,000
E. $22,000 OA: D If Sales is less than or equal to$ 2000
Weekly salary =$600 If Sales is more than$ 2000
Weekly Salary $$= 600 +\frac{1}{100}(Sales-2000)$$

In Question stem , Weekly Salary is given as $650 , (>$600)
$$650 = 600+ \frac{1}{100}(Sales-2000)$$
$$50=\frac{1}{100}(Sales-2000)$$
$$(Sales-2000)=50 * 100$$
$$Sales = 5000 + 2000 = 7000$$