Question

As an incentive to sell more clothing, each clerk at the sporting goods store is given a 5% commission on their sales each month on top of their hourly wage. Base salary for most clerks is $1200. Steve sold $2000 worth of clothes.

Choose all that apply

1. The other clerks only made $1200
2. Steve's commission is $100
3. Steve's total pay for the week is $1300
4. Steve's total pay for the week is $1100
5. Commission is added to the base salary
6. Commission is subtracted from the base salary

Answer 1

Those that apply are 2, 3, and 5.

Explanation:

1. The other clerks only made $1200.

Steve is not the only person to receive commission. This means the other clerks could have made more than $1200 due to commission. However, we don't have evidence to say that the clerks did/did not make commission, so we can't make this claim.

2. Steve's commission is $100.

This is true. To find the commission, you would have to find 5% of $2000. By simply using a calculator, you can find that it equals $100.

3. Steve's total pay for the week is $1300.

This is true, as the commission is *added* to the base salary. $1200 + $100 = $1300.

4. Steve's total pay for the week is $1100.

We know this is false specifically because the previous statement was correct. Both answers cannot be correct, as they are conflicting statements.

5. Commission is added to the base salary.

This is true. You can draw this conclusion by singling out the words "on top of" from the given information. "On top of" is the equivalent to saying "added to".

6. Commission is subtracted from the base salary.

This is incorrect, as we had already found that the commission is *added* to the base salary for the previous statement.

Answer 2

its 1,2,5

Explanation:

pretty simple