Question

Danielle earns a 7.25% commission on everything she sells at the electronics store where she works. She also earns a base salary of $650 per week. How much did she earn last week if she sold $4,400 in electronics merchandise? Round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Danielle earned $969 last week if she sold $4,400 in electronics merchandise

Solution:

Given that, Danielle earns a 7.25% commission on everything she sells at the electronics store where she works.  

She also earns a base salary of $650 per week.  

We have to find how much did she earn last week if she sold $4,400 in electronics merchandise?  

Now, we know that, earned amount = base salary + commission

Given that she earns a 7.25% commission on everything she sells

So commission earned for selling $ 4400 is given as:

commission earned = 7.25 % of 4400

$\text { commission earned }=\frac{7.25}{100} \times 4400=7.25 \times 44=319$

Earned amount = base salary + commission = 650 + 319 = 969

Hence, she earned $969 last week