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A salesperson earns a weekly salary of $150 plus a 15% commission of her total sales. Her total sales for the week is $15,000. How much does she earn for the week?


$172.50

$172.50

$2,250.00

$2,250.00

$2,400.00

$2,400.00

$15,150.00


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the answer is c



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As total salary of salesperson is sum of the fixed salary and commission. The salesperson earned $2400 for the week.

Given-

Fixed salary of the salesperson is $150 per week.

Total commission of the salesperson is 15 percent of his sales.

Total sales by the salesperson is $15000.

We have to find out the total earning of the salesperson of the week. As total salary of salesperson is sum of the fixed salary [tex]x[/tex] and commission [tex]y[/tex]. We know that her weekly salary is $150. Therefore find out first her commission for the sales for that week.

The commission [tex]y[/tex] earned by the salesperson for the week is fifteen percent of the total sales.Hence the fifteen percent of the total sales is,

[tex]y=15000\times\dfrac{15}{100}[/tex]

[tex]y=150\times15[/tex]

[tex]y=2250[/tex]

Thus the commission earned by the salesperson is $2250.

Now add this commission earned by the salesperson [tex]y[/tex] and her fixed salary [tex]x[/tex] to calculate the Total salary earn by the salesperson s is,

[tex]s=x+y[/tex]

[tex]s=150+2250[/tex]

[tex]s=2400[/tex]

Hence, The salesperson earned $2400 for the week.

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