Question

Collin mows lawns for a lawn service. He has 52 customers, each

paying $50.00 per month. He receives 24% of the money he collects.
How much should he earn for the month?
a. $240.00
b. $362.00
1.
c. $540.00 d. $624.00

Answer 1

First, you need to find out how much money Collin collects from all his customers. To do this you can multiply the number of customers (52) by the amount each customer pays per month ($50.00).

52 * $50.00 = $2600.00

Then you need to find out Collin's commission which is 24% of the money he collects. To do this you can multiply the money he collects by 24% (24/100)

$2600.00 * (24/100) = $624.00

So Collin should earn $624.00 for the month.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Given the problem: Colin mows the lawn for a lawn service. He has 52 customers each, paying $50.00 per month. He receives 24% of the money he collects. How much should he earn for the month?

So we are given that Colin mows lawns, with 52 customers, each paying $50 a month. But Colin only keeps 24% of the money. Maybe his gf took the 76% and bought some nice clothes.

Anyway, to start, let’s find out how much Colin would make without losing 76% of the money. To do that, simply take the number of customers (52), and multiply it by the amount of money each pays ($50).
52x50=$2,600.
Colin would make $2,600 without losing that 76%.

Now let’s find how much money Colin actually gets to keep for some reason he loses majority of it. To do that, we would have to take the total amount of money he makes ($2,600) and times it by the percent he gets to keep (24%). If you remember, or if your teacher has taught you by now, how to convert percent into decimals, you should be able to know what 24% is in decimal form. If not then I’ll teach you now. Simply move the percentage sign two places to the left and replace it with a decimal, or divide the number by 100, which is 0.24.
2,600 x 0.24 = $624

The answer is d. $624.00
Colin should earn $624.00 for the month.