Question

Max has a monthly salary of $1,100 and also earns 7.5% commission on his sales. If Max had $43,000 in sales last month, what were his total earnings for the month? a. $3,225 b. $4,050 c. $4,325 d. $5,150

Answer 1

The answer would be c. first you would multiply 43,000 by 1.075 and subtract 43,000. next you would add 1,100 and you get 4,325 as your answer. hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

The total earning of the month be $4325 .

Option (c) is correct.

Explanation:

As given

Max has a monthly salary of $1,100 and also earns 7.5% commission on his sales.

If Max had $43,000 in sales last month .

7.5% is written in the decimal form.

`=(7.5)/(100)`

=0.075

Commission Max earns = 0.075 × Total sales of the last month

= 0.075 × 43000

= $ 3225

Total earning of a month = Monthly salary + Commission earning

= $1100 + $3225

= $ 4325

Therefore the total earning of the month be $4325 .

Option (c) is correct.