Question

A sales person will earn a commission equal to 1/32 of the total sales. What is the commission earned on sales totaling $24,000?

Answer 1

The salesperson earns $750 on a total sale of $24,000.

Solution:

It is given that a salesperson earns a commission of 1/32 of the total sales.

This means that how many ever total sales the salesperson has, he will only earn a fraction of it which is given as
`(1)/(32)`

For $24,000 total sales, how much will he earn is the question.

To find out how much he earns on a total sale of $24,000 we need to do the following.

`(1)/(32)` th of 24000

`24000 * (1)/(32) = 750`

Therefore the salesperson earns $750 on a total sale of $24,000.