Question

A salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where she has two options for being paid. Option

A is an hourly wage of $22. Option B is a commission rate of 10% on weekly sales. How much
does she need to sell this week to earn the same amount with the two options?

Answer 1

the weekly sales are $8,800 to earn the similar amount with the two options

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

The earnings in option A is

= 40 hours × $22

= $880

Now let us assume the weekly sales be x

So the equation would be

10%x = $880

0.10x = $880

x = $8,800

Hence, the weekly sales are $8,800 to earn a similar amount with the two options