Question

sandra brown works as a beautician. she earns $1 commission for the first 50 haircuts and a $1.50 for all haircuts over 50. in addition, she recievs a base salary of $250 per week.if she performs 72 haircuts, what is her total pay for the week

Answer 1

Total Pay of Sandra for the week is $333.

Explanation:

Given:

Base salary of Sandra = $250

Commission for each haircuts = $1

Commission for 50 haircuts = money as commission for 50 haircuts.

We will use unitary method to find the same;

Amount of Money as commission for 50 haircuts =
`\$1* 50 = \$50`

Also Given:

Commission for each haircuts above 50 = $1.5

Number of Haircuts = 72 = 50 + 22

Hence there are 22 haircuts above 50

Amount of Money as commission for 22 haircuts =
`\$1.5* 22 = \$33`

We need to find the Total pay of Sandra for the week.

Total pay of Sandra = Base salary of Sandra + Amount of Money as commission for 50 haircuts + Amount of Money as commission for 22 haircuts

Total pay of Sandra =
`\$250+\$50+\$33 = \$333`

Hence Total Pay of Sandra for the week is $333.