Question

A salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of ​$26. Option B is a commission rate of 4​% on weekly sales. How much does need to sell this week to earn the same amount with the two​ options

Answer 1

$12,000

Explanation:

We have been given that a salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $25. Option B is a commission rate of 8% on weekly sales.

First of all, we will find the amount earned by the salesperson with option A.

The salespersons earns $1000 through option A.

Let x be the number of weekly sales.

8% of x should be equal to 1000 for a salesman to earn the same amount with the two options.

Therefore, the salesman needs to make a weekly sales of $12,500 to earn the same amount with two options.