Question

Vanessa earns a base salary of $400.00 every week with an additional5% commission on everything she sells. Vanessa sold $1650.00 worth of items last week.

Answer 1

Vanessa´s total pay was $482.50.

Explanation:

We have to add the amount of the 5% commission on Vanessa´s sales to her base salary of $400 to find out her total pay.

Since the total value of her sales was $1650, the amount (x) of her commission will be:

x = 1650 ×
`(5)/(100)`

x = 16.5 × 5

x = 82.50

Adding this to her base salary we get:

400 + 82.5 = 482.5