Question

Allison earns a $40,000 base salary plus a commission equal to 15% of her total sales. If she sold $200,000 worth of goods, what was her total salary?

Answer 1

70000

Explanation:

200000x0.15=30000 is her total sales.

40000+30000=70000 is her total salary

Answer 2

The total salary of her is $1066666.66.

Explanation:

Given : Allison earns a $40,000 base salary plus a commission equal to 15% of her total sales. If she sold $200,000 worth of goods.

To find : What was her total salary?

Solution :

Let x be the total salary.

Allison earns a $40,000 base salary.

If she sold $200,000 worth of goods.

i.e. the amount is $200,000-$40,000=$160,000

The total salary is given by,

$160,000=15% of x

`0.15* x=160000`

`x=(160000)/(0.15)`

`x=1066666.66`

The total salary of her is $1066666.66.