An employee who receives a weekly salary of $300 and a 4% commission is paid according to the formula p = 0.04 s + 300, where p represents the amount earned by the employee that week and s represents the employee’s sales for that week. Find the earnings for a week during which she sold $2122 in goods.

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An employee who receives a weekly salary of $300 and a 4% commission is paid according to the formula p = 0.04 s + 300, where p represents the amount earned by the employee that week and s represents the employee’s sales for that week. Find the earnings for a week during which she sold $2122 in goods.

mackenzie2013 · Answer

@jim_thompson5910 Can you help explain this to me?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

s is the amount sold

"she sold $2122 in goods" so s = 2122

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

plug s = 2122 into p = 0.04 s + 300 to find p