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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Answer is C; $235 ( i.e. 500*0.15 + 800*0.20)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
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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
Final Answer: C
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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
Final Answer: C
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We can express the solution as: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
0.15 x 500 + 0.2(1300 - 500) = 75 + 160 = $235
Answer: C
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1300 = 500 + 800BTGmoderatorDC 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
15% commission on $500 = $75 (15/100 * 500)
20% commision on $800 = $160 (20/100* 800)
Total commission on $1300 = $235
Answer is C
