Question

Vanessa earns a base salary of \$400.00$400.00dollar sign, 400, point, 00 every week with an additional 5\%5%5, percent commission on everything she sells. Vanessa sold \$1650.00$1650.00dollar sign, 1650, point, 00 worth of items last week.

What was Vanessa's total pay last week?

Answer 1

Vanessa's total pay last week was $482.50.

Explanation:

Given:

Vanessa earns a base salary of $400.00.

And every week with an additional 5 percent commission on everything she sells.

Vanessa sold $1650.00 worth of items last week.

Now, to find Vanessa's total pay last week.

Base salary = $400.00.

And then, to get the 5% commission on $1650.00.

`5\%\ of\ 1650`

`=(5)/(100) * 1650`

`=0.05* 1650`

`=82.50`

The commission = $82.50.

Now, to get the total pay of Vanessa's we add the base salary and the commission:

`400+82.50`

`=\$482.50`

Therefore, Vanessa's total pay last week was $482.50.