Question

Mrs. Barns earns a base salary of plus a 1.5% commission on sales. Her total sales one year were $700,000. How do you find her total pay for the year?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Mrs. Barns total salary can be written as:

`t = b + (c * s)`

Where:

`t` is Mrs. Barns total pay for the year

`b` is Mrs. Barns base salary

`c` is Mrs. Barns commission rate. In this problem: 1.5%. "Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 1.5% can be written as `1.5/100` or `15/1000`.

`s` is the total sales for the year. In this problem: $700,000

Substituting the information from the problem gives:

`t = b + (15/1000 * $700,000)`

`t = b + ($10,500,000)/1000`

`t = b + $10,500`

Mrs. barns total pay would be the $10,500 from commissions plus her base salary.