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A salesman earns commission on units sold. The more units he sells, the more commission he earns on a particular unit. For the first unit, he earns $20. For each subsequent unit, he earns 2% more. How much does the sales man earn on the 25th unit?

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The problem ask to calculate how much does the sales man earn on the 25th unit were as the salesman earns $20 in the first unit. So base on the problem and in my further calculation, I came up with answer of $32.17. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more

Answer: The sales man earn $32,17 on the 25th unit.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, to solve this problem you have to multiply the amount of the commission ($20) by 1.02 (2% of 20) raised to the power of 24.

so, the answer to this problem is:

20 x (1,02^ 24) = 32,1687.... = 32,17

The salesman earns $32,17 on the 25th unit.

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