Question

Gianna works in a department store selling clothing. She makes a guaranteed salary of $500 per week, but is paid a commision on top of her base salary equal to 15% of her total sales for the week. How much would Gianna make in a week in which she made $975 in sales? How much would Gianna make in a week if she made xx dollars in sales?

Earnings when selling $975:
Earnings when selling $x:

Answer 1

$646.25 is her earnings when selling $975.

Her earnings when selling $x is 500 + 0.15x.

Explanation:

You know that her guaranteed salary is $500, and she also gets a commission that is 15% of her sales. So, the expression is

500 + 0.15x

Where x is total sales. When you are given $975 as her total sales, plug it in for x:

500 + 0.15(975)

500 + 146.25

$646.25 is her earnings when selling $975.

Her earnings when selling $x is 500 + 0.15x.