Zargon Ziff sells vacuum cleaners. He gets to keep one eighth of his sales as a commission. How much must he sell in order to earn 500$ THANK YOU!!
4000$ worth of vacuum cleaners
500 = 1/8x x = 500 * 8 = $4000 more for $500 after taxes
(1/8)x=$500 x=500/(1/8)=500*8/1=4000 He must sell $4000 in order to earn $500.
If he keeps 1/8 of what he sells, then to earn 500$, he would have to sell 8 times as much as that. So he would have to sell 500$ x 8 which is 4000$. This means he would have to sell 4000$ worth of vacuum cleaners. Hope that helped :]
