Question

a salesperson is paid $300 per week plus 15% commission on her weekly sales of x dollars. find a linear function that represents her total weekly pay w in terms of x.

Answer 1

w = 300 + 0.15x

Explanation:

Let x = weekly sales

Since there is a fixed remuneration of $300, that will be a constant in the linear equation

15% = 15/100 = 0.15 in decimal

15% commission on x dollars of sales = 0.15x

Therefore total weekly pay, w, in terms of x

w = 300 + 0.15x