Question

Juan Ramirez sells suits in a major department store on weekends. He earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits, and if he sells more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits. Last weekend Juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each. What was his commission? A. $147.50 B. $210.40 C. $185.00 D. $260.00

Answer 1

Given

He earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits.

he sells more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits

Last weekend Juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each.

Find out Juan Ramirez commission

To proof

As given in the question

Juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each

13 suit selling price = 13 × 250

= $ 3250

As given

He earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits.

and for more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits

Juan Ramirez sells 13 suit which are more than the 10 suits

Hence

commission percent for the 13 suits = 8 %

First write 8% in the decimal form

`= (8)/(100)`

=0.08

Than commission on the 13 suits = 0.08 × 3250

= $260.

Therefore option ( D) is correct.

Hence proved