Question

Hillside Travel pays its employees $10 per hour plus 8% commission on all trips booked. Tyrus worked 20 hours last week and booked trips amounting to $2,100. What was his gross pay for last week? *

Answer 1

$368

Explanation:

Well, if they pay their employees $10 per hour, and Tyrus worked 20 hours, then we have a base amount of 200, as 10*20=200. Next, we need to think about the 8% commission from 2100, so we multiply 2100*.92 to get 1932 so 2100-1932=168. So, to get the gross pay, you add the base amount, 200, and the commission, 168, together to get $368. Tyrus got a gross pay of 368 dollars last week.