Question

Selena works in shoe sales. She makes a base commission of $500 a week plus 20% of any sales she makes. Last week, she made $540 in sales. What was her paycheck?

Answer 1

Input data

Base commission of $500 a week

20% of any sales

$ 540 in sales last week

Procedure

P= Paycheck

`\begin{gathered} P=500+540\cdot20\text{ \%} \\ P=500+540\cdot0.2 \\ P=500+108 \\ P=608 \end{gathered}`

The paycheck would be $608