Question

An employee does not earn sales commission for the first $1000 of sales, but earns 15% sales commission on all sales made thereafter. The employee's daily sales were as follows this week: Monday - $800, Tuesday - $600, Wednesday - $1,300, Thursday - $800, and Friday - $800. How much sales commission did the employee earn this week?

Answer 1

The employee earns $525 in commission.

Answer 2

Answer:   $495

Step-by-step explanation:

From the given information in the question , we have

The total earning in the whole week will be :-

$\text{Total Earnings}=800+600+1,300+800+800=\ 4,300$

Commission percentage = 15% = 0.15

Since he does not earn sales commission for the first $1000 of sales.

Then the total sales commission he earned in the whole week will be :-

$0.15(\ 4300-\ 1000)=\ 495$

Hence, the employee earn the $495 sales commission this week