7. Appel's Music Store pays its sales staff a commission of 9.5% of the first $1,000 in sales and 15.5% of
the balance of sales. Alex, the store's drum expert, received $1,234.25 in commission last week. What
were his total sales for the week?

(05.02) mr. morris is going to save money and replace his sailboat's mainsail himself. he must determine the area of the mainsail in order to buy the correct amount of material. calculate the area of the parallelogram to determine how much material should be purchased. be sure to explain how to decompose this shape into rectangles and triangles. describe their dimensions and show your work.