Question

Paige works at a department store and has a commission rate of 3 percent. Her sales for the quarter were $4,596. If she earns $50 per day and she worked 30 days in the quarter, what is the total amount she earned?

Answer 1

if she gets 3% of what she sells you multiply the decimal form of the percent by the amount she has made:
50*.03=1.5
So she make $1.50 for every $50 of sales, so you multiply the amount she made by her commission each day by the number of days she worked:
1.5*30=45

She earned a total of $45

Answer 2

Here's what the equation would look like:

30(50) + 0.03(4596)

1500 + 137.88

Paige earned $1637.88

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