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Each week, a clothing salesperson receives a commission equal to 15 percent of the first $500 in sales and 20 percent of all additional sales that week. What commission would the salesperson receive on total sales for the week of $1,300 ?

A. $195

B. $227

C. $235

D. $260

E. $335
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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:Each week, a clothing salesperson receives a commission equal to 15 percent of the first $500 in sales and 20 percent of all additional sales that week. What commission would the salesperson receive on total sales for the week of $1,300 ?

A. $195

B. $227

C. $235

D. $260

E. $335
Answer is C; $235 ( i.e. 500*0.15 + 800*0.20)
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by [email protected] » Sat Jun 30, 2018 2:28 pm
Hi All,

We're told that each week, a clothing salesperson receives a commission equal to 15% of the FIRST $500 in sales and 20% of all ADDITIONAL sales that week. We're asked for the total commission on sales for the week of $1,300. This question comes down to a bit of note-taking and some Arithmetic.

For the first $500, we know that the commission would be 15%.... (.15)($500) = $75
With a total of $1300 in sales, the rest of the commission would be at 20%....
$1300 - $500 = $800 at 20% = (.2)($800) = $160
Total commission = $75 + $160 = $235

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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:32 pm
BTGmoderatorDC wrote:Each week, a clothing salesperson receives a commission equal to 15 percent of the first $500 in sales and 20 percent of all additional sales that week. What commission would the salesperson receive on total sales for the week of $1,300 ?

A. $195

B. $227

C. $235

D. $260

E. $335
We can express the solution as:

0.15 x 500 + 0.2(1300 - 500) = 75 + 160 = $235

Answer: C

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by SampathKp » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:54 pm
BTGmoderatorDC wrote:Each week, a clothing salesperson receives a commission equal to 15 percent of the first $500 in sales and 20 percent of all additional sales that week. What commission would the salesperson receive on total sales for the week of $1,300 ?

A. $195

B. $227

C. $235

D. $260

E. $335
1300 = 500 + 800

15% commission on $500 = $75 (15/100 * 500)
20% commision on $800 = $160 (20/100* 800)

Total commission on $1300 = $235

Answer is C
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