Question

Ruby has a monthly salary of $1,800 and also earns 6% commission on her sales. If Ruby had $37,000 in sales last month, what were her total earnings for the month? a. $1,908 b. $2,220 c. $2,328 d. $4,020

Answer 1

D 4,020

Explanation:

$37,000(.06) = $2,220

$2,220 + $1,800 = $4,020

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Answer 2

Total earnings of Ruby for the month is $4020 .

Option (d) is correct .

Explanation:

As given

Ruby has a monthly salary of $1,800 and also earns 6% commission on her sales.

If Ruby had $37,000 in sales last month .

6% is written in the decimal form

`= (6)/(100)`

= 0.06

Equation becomes

Total earnings for the month = Monthly salary + 0.06 × Sales last month

Put all the values in the above

= 1800 + 0.06 × 37000

= 1800 + 2220

= $ 4020

Therefore the total earnings of Ruby for the month is $4020 .

Option (d) is correct .