Question

Clara earns either minimum wage or commission, whichever pay is greater each week. Her minimum wage is $8/h. Clara's commission is 4% of sales. During one week, Clara works 25 h and sells $5800 worth of merchandise.

a) Calculate Clara's pay based on minimum wage.

b) Calculate Clara's pay based on commission.

Answer 1

a. $200

b. $232

Explanation:

a) If Clara's pay is based on minimum wage, her total earnings for the week would be:

$8/hour x 25 hours = $200

b) If Clara's pay is based on commission, her total earnings for the week would be:

4% of $5800 = 0.04 x $5800 = $232

Therefore, Clara's pay for the week would be $232 since her commission pay is greater than her minimum wage pay of $200.