Mr. Santos, working as a salesman for a firm, gets a salary of 5000 per month plus a commission of 10% on all sales above 2000000 per month and his total gross pay last month was 21000, how much was his total sale last month?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-16T16:14:43

2160000

It is obvious that gross salary exceeding 5000 was commission. Hence we have to determine the amount whose 10% is 16000. This amount would be 160000.

His total sales would this be 2000000+160000= 2160000