Question

Danielle earns a 7.25% commission on everything she sells at the electronics store where she works.She also earns a base salary of $750 per week.How much did she earn last week if she sold $4,500 in electronics merchandise?Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Danielle earned $1,076.25 last week when she sold $4,500 worth of electronics merchandise.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much Danielle earned last week, we need to calculate her commission and add it to her base salary. First, we calculate her commission by multiplying her sales amount ($4,500) by her commission rate (7.25% = 0.0725). Commission = $4,500 * 0.0725 = $326.25. Next, we add her commission to her base salary: $326.25 + $750 = $1,076.25. Therefore, Danielle earned $1,076.25 last week when she sold $4,500 worth of electronics merchandise.

Answer 2

From the information we have, we know the commission is at 7.25% of all she sells. So we first calculate this from total amount sold.

x =7.25/100 * 4,500

Where x is the commission earned.

x = 7.25 * 4,500 / 100

x = 7.25 * 45

x = 326.25

So commission earned is 326.25 $

We need to add this to her base salary for the week, so:

750 + 326.25 = 1, 076.25

Therefore she earned 1,076 dollars and 25 cents.