Question

15) A car salesman earns $700 per week plus 2.5% commission on his sales. If he

sold two cars for a total of $75,000 last week, how much did he make?

Please help!

Answer 1

$2575

Explanation:

For this problem, we need to form an equation that represents the car salesman's weekly income. We are given that he makes at least $700 per week and that he makes 2.5% commission for his sales. Let n represent the total amount of sales the car salesman made. So we can build the equation as follows:

f(n) = 0.025n + 700

Note that if we let n = 0 (He made no sales) then he will make his minimum weekly income of $700.

So let's use our formula to calculate how much he made for the week given he made $75000 in sales.

f(75000) = 0.025(75000) + 700

f(75000) = 1875 + 700

f(75000) = 2575

Hence, the car salesman made $2575 for the week.

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