Question

Jonathan makes $27 per hour and works 25 hours per week. Every week, he has to sell 20 items. If he sells more than 20 items in a week, he receives a commission of 14% on each set of additional 5 items he sells. This week he worked for 25 hours, he sold 25 items, and he made $1,000 in sales beyond the required 20 items. Which equation will help Jonathan to compute this week’s income?

Answer 1

y = ($25 × 27) + (0.14 × $1000)

Explanation:

Jonathan works per week = 25 hours

He gets pay per hour = $25

His commission is 14% on each set of additional 5 items over the sale of 20 items.

This week he worked 25 hours and sold 25 items.

The amount of sale over 20 items = $1000

Let the total earning represents by 'y'

Total earning = (per hour pay × worked hours) + (14% × amount of 5 sets over 20 items)

Now the equation would be

y = ($25 × 27) + (0.14 × $1000)