Question

A salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of ?$25. Option B is a commission rate of 8?% on weekly sales. How much does he need to sell this week to earn the same amount with the two? options?

Answer 1

Answer:

$12,500.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $25. Option B is a commission rate of 8% on weekly sales.

First of all we will find amount earned by salesperson with option A.

$\text{Option A earnings}=40\times 25=1000$

The salespersons earns $1000 through option A.

Let x be the amount of weekly sales.  

8% of x should be equal to 1000 for salesman to earn the same amount with the two options.

$\frac{8}{100}x=1000$

$0.08 x=1000$

$x=\frac{1000}{0.08}$      

$x=12500$

Therefore, the salesman needs to make a weekly sales of $12,500 to earn the same amount with two options.

Answer 2

Answer: $12,500

Step-by-step explanation:

Option A earnings=40*25=1,000

8/100x=1,000

.08x=1,000

x=1,000/.08

x=12,500