Question

Alyssa is paid 5 percent commission on her total sales each month. Last month, she sold $30,000 worth of items. After a state tax rate of 9 percent is deducted from her commission, how much is left to the nearest dollar?

Answer 1

1365

30,000 x .09 = 2700 tax

30,000 - 2700 = 27,300 in sales

27,300 x .05 = 1365 commission

Answer 2

$1365.

Explanation:

We have been given that Last month, Alyssa sold $30,000 worth of items. She is paid 5 percent commission on her total sales each month.

First of all, we will find 5% of $30,000 as:

`\text{Alyssa's commission}=(5)/(100)* \$30,000`

`\text{Alyssa's commission}=5* \$300`

`\text{Alyssa's commission}=\$1500`

We are also told that 9% of state tax is deducted from her commission. This means that Alyssa's commission after sales tax would be 91% (100%-9%) of $1500.

`\text{Alyssa's commission after sales tax}=\$1500* (91)/(100)`

`\text{Alyssa's commission after sales tax}=\$15* 91`

`\text{Alyssa's commission after sales tax}=\$1365`

Therefore, Alyssa will get $1365 in commission after sales tax deduction.