Question

Daniel is a car salesman at a local dealership. He makes a base salary of $1500 a month plus 20% commission on sales. How much would he make if he sold $35000 worth of merchandise?

Answer 1

$8500

Explanation:

To the $1500 base salary add the commission: 0.20($35000) = $8500.

Note that "20% commission" is obtained by multiplying the sales by 0.20, as was done above.