Question

Danielle earns a 8.25% commission on everything she sells at the electronics store where she works. She also earns a base salary of $650 per week. How much did she earn last week if she sold $4,800 in electronics merchandise? Round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Danielle earned a total of $1,046.00 last week which includes her base salary of $650 and her commission of $396 from selling $4,800 in electronics merchandise.

Step-by-step explanation:

Danielle earns a base salary of $650 per week plus an 8.25% commission on her sales. To determine her total earnings for a week in which she sold $4,800 in electronics, we must first calculate her commission. To do this, we multiply the total amount of her sales by the commission rate:

$4,800 × 0.0825 = $396

This means Danielle made $396 in commission. Now we add her commission to her base salary to find her total earnings for the week:

$650 + $396 = $1,046.00

Therefore, Danielle earned $1,046.00 last week at the electronics store.

Answer 2

she earns $1046 that week