Question

. An Estate dealer sells houses and makes a commission of GHc3750 for the first house sold. He receives GHc500 increase in commission for each additional house sold. How many houses must she sell to reach a total commission of GHc6500?

Answer 1

Answer: Let's denote the number of additional houses sold after the first one as "x".

Since the commission for the first house sold is GHc3750, the commission for selling x additional houses is GHc500x.

Therefore, the total commission earned by selling x additional houses is:

GHc3750 + GHc500x

We want to find the value of x that makes the total commission equal to GHc6500. Setting up an equation and solving for x, we get:

GHc3750 + GHc500x = GHc6500

GHc500x = GHc2750

x = 5.5

Since we can't sell half of a house, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the estate dealer must sell a total of 6 houses (including the first one) to reach a total commission of GHc6500.

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