Kelly needs a gross pay of at least $945 a week to pay the bills. Her job is commission and she gets 7.5% for the first $1250 and 13% after that. How much does she need to sell a week to cover the cost of her bills?

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Kelly needs a gross pay of at least $945 a week to pay the bills. Her job is commission and she gets 7.5% for the first $1250 and 13% after that. How much does she need to sell a week to cover the cost of her bills?
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Kelly needs a gross pay of at least $945 a week to pay the bills.

She gets commission of 7.5% for the first $1250 she makes and 13% after that.

Let x be the amount that she needs to sell to get the required pay.

For the first $1250 from the amount x she gets commission of 7.5%.

For the remaining amount $x-1250, she gets commission of 13%.

The total commission she gets should be at least $945 to cover the cost of her bills.

Hence,

7.5% of $1250 + 13% of $x-1250=945

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