Question

Tamara earns her living as a salary plus commission employee. Her annual salary is $48,000, and she earns 4% commission on all sales she makes. If Tamara wants to make a total of $6,000 this month, how much in sales does she need to have?

a.
$30,000
b.
$50,000
c.
$100,000
d.
$150,000



Please select the best answer from the choices provided


A
B
C
D

Answer 1

B. $50,000

Step-by-step explanation:

4%=.04

50,000 x .04=2000

48000/12=4000

She makes $4000 off of her salary each month. Then because she only gets 4% of her commissions you multiply the 50000 by .04 and you get 2000. So she gets $2000 in commissions and $4000 off of her salary.