Question

Fernando makes 5% of his sales plus $250 each week. For each holiday, he is paid $35. This month there are four weeks and one holiday. If Fernando has $4,000 in sales each week, how much will he be paid for this month? $1,051.75 $1,085.00 $1,835.00 $1,940.00

Answer 1

I got 1,835.00

Explanation:

The equation to represent Fernando's weekly earnings is y= .05x + 250, where x is his sales. So when Fernando's sales total $4,000 he gets $450 that week.

y = .05x + 250

y = .05(4,000) + 250

y = 200 + 250

y = 400

However, Fernando works 4 weeks this month, so take this answer and multiply it by 4. You get 1800. So Fernando makes $1800 this month, yet there's one holiday so add $35 to the $1800 and you will have your final answer.

Answer 2

Answer: $1,835.00

Explanation:

1. You know that he makes 5% of his sales plus $250 each week. He is paid $35 for each holidays and this month there are four weeks and one holiday. So, if Fernando has $4,000 in sales each week you can write the following expression:

`y=4(0.05x+250)+35`

Where y is his paid of this month and x is his sales in each week

2. Substitute x=4,000

`y=4(0.5*4,000+250)+35=1,835`