Question

5. A salesman makes a salary of $350 per week. In addition, he makes 49

commission on his total sales. If he sells $1500, what was his total income
for the week? Remember...it's money.please write it that way. *

Answer 1

`\text{We have to find the salesman's total salary for the week}\\\\\text{We know that he makes a base price of \$350 a week}\\\\\text{We also know he makes 4\% in commission from SALES}\\\\\text{From the given information, it says that he sold \$1500 worth of stuff}\\\\\text{Lets find his commission. To find this, we would multiply 1500 by 0.04:}\\\\1500*0.04=60\\\\\text{He makes \$60 in commission}\\\\`

`\text{Now we need to find his total income for the week. To do this, add his}\\\text{salary and commission. Don't add how much he sells, he doesn't make}\\\text{money from that.}\\\\350+60=410\\\\\text{His income for the week was \$410}\\\\\boxed{\$410}`