Question

Itney sells mattresses at a furniture store. She makes a 9.75% commission on each mattress she sells. Last week, Britney sold four mattresses. The sale price of each mattress is shown in the table.

Mattress 1 $2400
Mattress 2 $3200
Mattress 3 $1900
Mattress 4 $800
How much did Britney earn last week?

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Answer 1

Britney earn last week $809.25 .

Explanation:

As given

itney sells mattresses at a furniture store.

She makes a 9.75% commission on each mattress she sells.

Britney sold four mattresses.

9.75% is written in the decimal form.

`= (9.75)/(100)`

= 0.0975

Now find out the commission of first mattresses.

Mattresses cost = $2400

Commission on first mattresses = 0.0975 × 2400

=$234

Now find out the commission of second mattresses.

Mattresses cost = $3200

Commission on second mattresses = 0.0975 × 3200

=$312

Now find out the commission of third mattresses.

Mattresses cost = $1900

Commission on third mattresses = 0.0975 × 1900

=$185.25

Now find out the commission of fourth mattresses.

Mattresses cost = $800

Commission on fourth mattresses = 0.0975 × 800

=$78

Thus

Total Commission = Commission on first mattresses + Commission on second mattresses + Commission on third mattresses + Commission on fourth mattresses

Put value in the above

Total Commission = $234 +$312 + $185.25 + $78

=$809.25

Therefore the Britney earn last week $809.25 .