A car salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $16.

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A car salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $16.

Option B is a commission rate on weekly sales, and he averages $6400 in sales each week. What commission rate does he need to have to earn the same amount with the two options?

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mr_godi [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-03T10:10:30+03:00

mr_godi [17]3 years ago

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10%

since he works 40 hours per week and gets $16 an hour, that would be 16 * 40 which is 640, so that means he needs a commission rate of 10% as 10% of 6400 is 640.

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A car salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of ​$16.

A car salesperson works 40 hours per week at a job where he has two options for being paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $16.