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 expression750+0.2(X-500) . Which of the following describes the meaning of for this situation? 0.2(X-500)

total amount of sales
total amount of salary earned
total amount of commission earned
total amount of sales after the first $500

Answer 1

We will describe the following equation step by step:
750 + 0.2 (X-500)
We have then:
750: represents the base salary
x-500: represent the amount of sales
0.2 (X-500): represent the commission earned by sales above $ 500
Answer:
the meaning of for this situation (0.2 (X-500)) is:
total amount of commission earned