Answer: 13,011.11 dollars
note: remember to take the comma out or ignore it. I put it in there to help make the number more readable
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Explanation:
Let x be the value of the sale in dollars.
x-1900 represents the leftover amount that is over 1900
eg: if x = 2200, then x-1900 = 2200-1900 = 300 is the the leftover amount
taking 9% of (x-1900) leads to the expression 0.09(x-1900) and this expression must be 1000 since this is the extra amount of money the salesman needs (he already has $1000 in base pay)
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Solve for x
0.09(x-1900) = 1000
x-1900 = 1000/0.09
x-1900 = 11,111.11111 approximately
x = 11,111.11111 + 1900
x = 13011.1111
x = 13,011.11 rounding to the nearest cent
