Question

if a salesperson is paid a base salary of $100 per week per week plus 6% commison on gross sales, then what is his weekly gross to earn $700 per week

Answer 1

Weekly gross of salesperson is $10,000.

Explanation:

Given:

Base salary of salesperson = $100

Commission on gross sales = 6%

Total salary per week = $700

To find:

Weekly gross = ?

Solution:

It is given that the salesperson will get $100 as base salary which is fixed and a 6% of commission on his weekly gross.

So, Total salary will be given by the following formula:

Base Salary + 6% Commission on his weekly gross

OR

Total Salary = $100 + 6% of Weekly Gross

Let the weekly gross = $
`x`

Putting the values in the formula:

`\$700 = \$100 + 6\% * x\\\Rightarrow $600 = (6)/(100)* x\\\Rightarrow 600* 100 = 6x\\\Rightarrow x = (60000)/(6)\\\Rightarrow x = \$10000`

So, the answer is:

The weekly gross of the sales person is $10,000.