A salesman commission is 5% on all sales upto $10000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this. He remits $31100 to his parent company after deducting his commission. Find the total sales?	Answers.
A) $ 30000  B) $ 32500  C) $ 35120  D) $ 41520  E) $ 25460

Rationale: let his total sales be x total sales - commission = $ 31100 x - [ ( 5 % of 10000 ) + 4 % of ( x - 10000 ) ] = 31100 x - 500 - ( x - 10000 ) / 25 = 31100 x = 32500 answer is b
Answer: B