Pat took a summer job selling passes to the water theme park. She was told there are two levels of compensation: 6% on individual sales and 8% on group sales. Each individual summer pass sells for $35.00, and each pass in a group sale sells for $15.00. At the end of the first week, she had sold 23 individual passes and 71 group passes. What was her commission for the week?

$143.40
$153.40
$163.40
$133.50

Question

Pat took a summer job selling passes to the water theme park. She was told there are two levels of compensation: 6% on individual sales and 8% on group sales. Each individual summer pass sells for $35.00, and each pass in a group sale sells for $15.00. At the end of the first week, she had sold 23 individual passes and 71 group passes. What was her commission for the week?

 	$143.40
 	$153.40
 	$163.40
 	$133.50

anonymous · Answer

35.00x=?    <-6%

15.00x=?  <--8%

is        %
-  x   ---
of      100

when x= number sold
6% OF 35.00x