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A salesman gets commission of 2% on sales upto shs. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1½ % on sales above this. He sold goods...

A salesman gets commission of 2% on sales up to shs. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1½ % on sales above this. He sold goods and allowed a discount of 2%. If he received a commission of Sh. 5792 calculate the sales made.

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