Question

A car dealership pays you 4% commission on your first $8000 in car sales and 8% commission on sales over $8000. If you made $9,000 in car sales, how much is your commission?

Answer 1

Any body know how to do this.

Answer 2

Yes :-)

Answer 3

(0.04)(8000) + (0.08)(9000 - 8000)

Answer 4

Set up equations to show up much you make.

For sales <= $8000, you get 4%, and for sales > $8000 you get 8%.

Answer 5

That becomes:

(0.04)(8000) + (0.08)(1000)

320 + 80 = 400

Answer 6

Do I turn he percent into a decimal

Answer 7

Yes. x% is the same as x/100. So 4% = 4/100 = 0.04.

Answer 8

In my calculations, the 0.04 is 4% and 0.08 is 8%

Answer 9

"9000 - 8000" represents the amount over 8000 which is 1000

Answer 10

so whats that supposed to mean. I'm confused

Answer 11

???????

Answer 12

So subtract 8000 from 9000 and get 1000 then what do I do

Answer 13

Just look at my first 2 posts. There are 1000 in sales over and above 8000 because there were 9000 in sales total.