Question

Chee works in a department store selling clothing. she makes a guaranteed salary of $250 per week, but is paid a commission on top of her base salary equal to 30% of her total sales for the week . How much would Chee make in a weekend in which she made $2025 in sales? How much would Chee make in a week if she made X dollars in sales?

Answer 1

base salary = $250

commission = 30% of total sales

`\begin{gathered} In\text{ this case,} \\ \text{total sales = 2025} \\ \Rightarrow\text{ commission = }(30)/(100)*2025=607.50 \end{gathered}`

commission = $607.50

Hence Chee would make = $250 + $607.50 = $857.50

In the next case,

total sales = x

therefore

`\text{commission = }(30)/(100)* x=0.3x`

Hence she made = 250 + 0.3x

That is she would make 250 + 0.3x dollars