Need help rewriting expression

[upinflamezzz]

Commission = (Sales - (Cost*(1-Load)))/3 I need to rewrite for what Load equals. Thanks for any help

 

[blamocur]

Does it make it any easier if we use single letter variable names and LaTeX typesetting : [imath]M= \frac{S-C*(1-L)}{3}[/imath] ?

 

[BigBeachBanana]

Does it make it any easier if we use single letter variable names and LaTeX typesetting : [imath]M= \frac{C*(1-L)}{3}[/imath] ?

What happened to Sales? ?

 

[upinflamezzz]

What happened to Sales? ?

Yes Sales is missing

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Commission = (Sales - (Cost*(1-Load)))/3 I need to rewrite for what Load equals. Thanks for any help

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[BigBeachBanana]

Yes Sales is missing

[math]M=\frac{1}{3}(S-C(1-L))[/math]Give it a try and solve for L.

 

[blamocur]

Yes Sales is missing

Oops -- corrected now.

 

[upinflamezzz]

I got it.

Commission = (((Sales - Cost(1-Load)))/3
3*Commission = Sales - Cost - (Cost*Load)
3*Commission - (Sales - Cost) = - (Cost*Load)
(3*Commission - (Sales - Cost))/ -Cost = Load

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I got it.

Commission = (((Sales - Cost(1-Load)))/3
3*Commission = Sales - Cost - (Cost*Load)
3*Commission - (Sales - Cost) = - (Cost*Load)
(3*Commission - (Sales - Cost))/ -Cost = Load

There is a mistake in line 2. It should be:

3*Commission = Sales - Cost + (Cost*Load)

 

[upinflamezzz]

Correct. My first line should have been

Commission = (((Sales - Cost(1+Load)))/3

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Correct. My first line should have been

Commission = (((Sales - Cost(1+Load)))/3

If that is correct then your original post was incorrect.

In that case - your answer is correct. But you should multiply the LeftHandSide by [(-1)/(-1)] - so that you do not have the negative sign in the denominator.