Question

Cara earns a base pay of $1800 per month at a car dealership plus a commission of 6%of her sales. What are caras total earnings in a month in which she sells $40000 worth of merchandise ?

Answer 1

$4200

Explanation:

Base pay Lara is earning Per month = $1800.

Commission she is getting for selling merchandise = 6% of her sales.

Total Earnings will be the summation of Base pay and Commission she will get .

Now,

In a month Lara sold merchandise of worth $40000

So, commission she got for it will be 6% of $40000

which equals $2400.

So, Lara earned a commission of $2400.

Thus,

Total earning made by Lara in that month = Base Pay + Commission she got

= $1800 + $2400

= $4200

So, total earnings of Lara are $4200.