Question

Shane is a salesperson. He earns an hourly wage of $8.00 per hour, plus he receives a commission of 7% on sales he makes. Write an equation which would be used to determine his weekly salary, W, where, X, is the number of hours worked, and Y, is the amount of sales for the week.

Answer 1

8X+.07Y=W

Explanation:

x is your hours and y is your sales

he makes 8 an hour, hence 8X or 8 x X

7 percent written as a decimal is .07 and his commission for sales, so .07Y

add them together and you get your equation:

8X+.07Y=W