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25 January, 00:27

Mrs. Bonilla is a saleswoman at a furniture store. Her commission on rugs is 10% and her commission on furniture is 15%. Her goal is to make $5000 in commissions next month.

If she sells $12,500 worth of furniture, what must be the total value of the rugs she sells?

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  1. 25 January, 00:44
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    so here is how you can answer this:

    Your commission must be equal to the sum of the 10% of the value of the rug and the 15% of the value of the furniture and equate this to the value of your commission. Translate this to a mathematical equation, you would get,

    Commission = (10%) (value of rugs) + (15%) (value of furniture).

    substituting the known values,

    5000 =.1 * x +.15 * 12500.

    Now it's a matter of finding for x. You should get,

    x = $31,250.
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