Question

Bart makes $1,000 per month plus his commission on sales. He gets 6 percent of everything he sells. If he sells an $850 mattress, how much does he get paid for the month?

Answer 1

$1,051. You first multiply 850 by 0.06, or 6 percent, to get $51. then add to his monthly salary. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Bart get paid for the month is $1051 .

Explanation:

As given

Bart makes $1000 per month plus his commission on sales.

He gets 6 percent of everything he sells.

6% is written in the decimal form

`= (6)/(100)`

= 0.06

As given

If Bart sells an $850 mattress .

Commission price = 0.06 × Cost of the selling mattress

= 0.06 × $850

= $ 51

Thus

Bart get paid for the month = Month salary + Commission price

Put all the values in the above

Bart get paid for the month = $1000 + $51

= $1051

Therefore Bart get paid for the month is $1051 .