Question

An employee earns a 25% commission rate on his sales. One day, he earned $175. What was his amount of sales?

Answer 1

given,

commission =25%

amount=$175

now, let sale amt be x

we have,

amnt=25%ofx

$175 =25/100 × x

$175/0.25 =x

therefore, x=700

hope its useful.....

Answer 2

$700
1/4=x/175
x=700

I believe this is correct