help. a salesman received a monthly salary of shs 250000 and commission of 5% on all his sales. if his sales last month were shs 700000. what was his total income?

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asett · Answer

Can you take a guess? @Stranger.Tz

texaschic101 · Answer

5% of 700,000 = 
.05(700,000) =
35,000

stranger.tz · Answer

i need a concepts, so as i can do i tin my own

asett · Answer

Cool, so first do what the texaschic101 did, multiply his earnings times the rate of his commission.

texaschic101 · Answer

a commission is a percentage of what you sell. He sold 700,000 worth of stuff. He gets a 5% commission...which we turn into a decimal, and multiply it by his sales for his total salary for that month.

texaschic101 · Answer

lets say a person sells 500 worth of stuff and he gets paid on commission. His commission is 10%.
You would turn 10% into a decimal and then multiply by his sales.
.10(500) = 50

getting paid a commission is not like an hourly rate or a salary.

texaschic101 · Answer

it is based on the amount of stuff you sell

stranger.tz · Answer

yes i get it thank guys for helps

stranger.tz · Answer

thank you so much