Answer
The person selling the car must make 500,000 dollars in sales.
Work Step by Step
We first write an equation representing this word problem. We then solve the equation to find:
$$ 50,000 = 25,000 + .05x \\ 25,000 = .05 x \\ x = 500,000$$
Algebra 2 (1st Edition)
by Larson, Ron; Boswell, Laurie; Kanold, Timothy D.; Stiff, Lee
Published by
McDougal Littell
ISBN 10:
0618595414
ISBN 13:
978-0-61859-541-9
Chapter 1, Equations and Inequalities - 1.3 Solve Linear Equations - 1.3 Exercises - Problem Solving - Page 23: 70
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