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Answer:
The associate must sell at least $3,750 worth of shoes in order to reach her goal.
Step-by-step explanation:
First off, you'll need to write an inequation that represents the problem:
- Earns $325 per week.
- Let's replace "her sales" by the letter "x" since it's what we are looking for.
- 4% of "her sales" → 4% is the same thing as 4 ÷ 100 = 0.04
- 4% of "her sales" → The word "of" is the same thing as a multiplication sign → 4% x "her sales"
- 4% of "her sales" = 4% of "x" = 0.04 of "x" = 0.04 × "x" = 0.04x
- The expression "at least" is represented by the sign: ≥ → Which is the same thing as greater than or equal to.
Now that you got all of your information sorted out, your inequation should look like this:
0.04x + 325 ≥ 475
Now that you have your inequation written down, all you have to do left is to solve your inequation by isolating "x":
0.04x + 325 ≥ 475
Subtract 325 from each side of the equation → 475 - 325 = 150
0.04x ≥ 150
Divide each side of the equation by 0.04 → 150 ÷ 0.04 = 3,750
x ≥ 3,750
There you go! I really hope this helped, if there's anything just let me know! :)
