Question

Clobber sells vacuum cleaners he gets to keep one eighth of his sales as commission how much would he sell in order to earn 1000

Answer 1

sales of $8000

Explanation:

Clobber sells vacuum cleaners he gets to keep one eighth of his sales as commission. We are asked to find how much would he sell in order to earn $1000.

Let the sales made be x

Commission earned on sale of $x =
`(1)/(8)` th of x

that is

commission earned =
`(x)/(8)`

If commission need to be $1000

`(x)/(8)=1000`

`x=1000 * 8`

x=8000

Hence, Clobber need to make a sale of $8000 to earn $1000 as commission