An employee earns a 25% commission rate on his sales. One day, he earned $175. What was his amount of sales?

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Robert Maddox

Mathematics

5 January, 02:11

An employee earns a 25% commission rate on his sales. One day, he earned $175. What was his amount of sales?

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Hannah · Answer 1

Well, if he gets 25% of his sales, and he makes $175, that means 175 is 25% of his sales. From that, we can calculate the total of his sales by multipling 175 times 4, equaling 700.