Question

tristen is a saleman whose base pay plus commissions amounted to $59,238 last year. if his base pay was $31,050 and he made $97,200 is sales last year what was his rate of commission?

Answer 1

subtract base pay from what he made

59238-31050 = 28188

 so he made 28188 in commissions

 now divide that by 97200

28188/97200 = 0.29

 so he makes 29% commision