Kim is a medical supplies salesperson. Each month she receives a 5% commission on all her sales of medical supplies up to $20,000 and 8.5% on her total sales over $20,000. Her total commission for May was $3,975. What were her sales for the month of May?

her sales for the month of May is $55000

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent her total sales for the month of May.

Each month she receives a 5% commission on all her sales of medical supplies up to $20,000. This means that for her first sales worth $20000, she earns a commission of

5/100 × 20000 = 1000

She also earns 8.5% on her total sales over $20,000. This means that for sales over $20000, she earns

8.5/100(x - 20000) = 0.085x - 1700

Her total commission for May was $3,975. The expression becomes

1000 + 0.085x - 1700 = 3975

0.085x = 3975 + 1700 - 1000

0.085x = 4675

x = 4675/0.085

x = 55000

answer: solve 5\cdot 2^x=2405⋅2  

x

=2405, dot, 2, start superscript, x, end superscript, equals, 240.

solution

to solve for xxx, we must first isolate the exponential part. to do this, divide both sides by 555 as shown below. we do not multiply the 555 and the 222 as this goes against the order of operations!

\begin{aligned} 5\cdot 2^x& =240 2^x& =48 \\ \end{aligned}  

5⋅2  

x

2  

x

​    

=240

=48

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step-by-step explanation:

no solution exists the way you wrote the equation.