At a new job selling high end clothing to women, you earn 5% commission on all sales you make after the first $550. Your pay can be represented by p = 0.05(s − 550) dollars, where s is the amount of sales you make in dollars. (Include units with your numerical answers.)

Question

anonymous · Answer

(a) How much total pay will you earn from $1000 in sales?
On $1000 in sales you will make   in commissions.

(b) How much total pay will you earn from $5000 in sales?
On $5000 in sales you will make   in commissions.

(c) If you need at least $400 per week to pay your bills, what sales do you have to make per week?
If you need

anonymous · Answer

I got the following: 

A: 22.5
B: 222.5
C: 7450

 but when i put it in i get it incorrectly and i do it and keep getting the same answers. Do i have something wrong ?

dumbcow · Answer

the first 2 are correct, for part C, i get 8550

it does say include units with answers, try that