Question

Tamara earns her living as a salary plus commission employee. Her annual salary is $48,000, and she earns 4% commission on all sales she makes. If Tamara wants to make a total of $6,000 this month, how much in sales does she need to have?

a.$30,000b.$50,000c.$100,000d.$150,000

Answer 1

b. $50,000

Explanation:

Tamara's monthly salary is 1/12 of her annual salary, so to make her goal of $6000 income in a month, her sales must satisfy ...

$6000 = $48000/12 + 4%×sales

$2000 = 0.04×sales

$2000/0.04 = sales = 50,000

Tamara needs to have $50,000 in sales this month.

Answer 2

Answer: b is the correct option

Explanation:

Tamara earns her living as a salary plus commission employee. This means that the total amount she earns is not fixed.

Her annual salary is $48,000. There are 12 months in a year. This means

that her her monthly salary is 48000/12 = $4000

she earns 4% commission on all sales she makes.

If Tamara wants to make a total of $6,000 this month, it means that she wants to make an extra $2000($6000-$4000) this month. She can only make this from commission based on sales

Let the sales be x

4% of x = 2000

4/100 × x = 2000

0.04x = 2000

x= 2000/0.04 = $50000