Question

A car sales gets paid $3,750 each month plus 8.5% commission on his total sales.this month he sold 5 cars for a total of $138,000.what are his monthly total earnings

Answer 1

$15,480

Explanation:

Let's make this problem into an equation.

$3750 each month is the constant because we are only looking at his earnings for 1 month. Meaning that this number will not change.

8.5% or 0.085 is the coefficient of the variable as this is applied to the total amount of car sales.

M (monthly total) = 0.085 * s (car sales) + $3750

M = 0.085 ($138,000) + $3750