Felicia earns a base salary of $300 before any sales. To find how much she makes in total you have to find her total sales and multiply that by 4%. When you do that you get $290.72. You then add $290.72 to $300 to get her total earnings for the week.
The first thing we must do for this case is to define a variable. We have then: x: weight of each pallet with cement We then have the following equation: 16x = 4856 Clearing x we have: x = (4856) / (16) x = 303.5 punds Answer: each pallet with cement weigh: x = 303.5 punds
