Question

A salesperson earns a weekly base salary plus a commission of 20% of all sales over the first $500. This situation can be represented by the expression 750+0.2(x-500). Which of the following describes the meaning of 0.2(x-500) for this situation?

a. total amount of sales
b. total amount of salary earned
c. total amount of sales after the first $500
d. total amount of commission earned
and example why it is the answer

Answer 1

D, the total amount of commission earned

Answer 2

d. total amount of commission earned

Explanation:

A salesperson earns a weekly base salary plus a commission of 20% of all sales over the first $500.

This situation can be represented by the expression
`750+0.2(x-500)`

0.2(x-500) means total amount of commission earned.

This is because firstly its given that 20% is commission so we have 0.2.

The x-500 represents the sales over $500, where x is total sales. Like the person sold $800 worth of items so he will get 20% commission on $300.