Question

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You sell math textbooks and earn $6.00 an hour base pay plus 1/25 commission on your sales. You had a fantastic week working 35 hours and selling textbooks to all the math teachers in the Anoka-Hennepin school district. if your books orders totaled $7500, what would you earn a week?

Answer 1

@cwrw238

Answer 2

List of info:
-$6 per hour
-35 hours
-1/25 commission on your sales
-TOTAL sum $7500

First, calculate how much money you would get with the $6/hr base pay.

Answer 3

So how much would that be?

Answer 4

210$ a week right?

Answer 5

Yep

Answer 6

Sorry - I don't know how the commission factors in...
I would think you take 1/25 out of $210 and then re-add it to the value... so\[\frac{210}{25}+210\]I think?

Answer 7

I think the $7500 is meant to throw you off

Answer 8

@Callisto @ganeshie8 ?

Answer 9

well the answer is $510 I just can figure out how they got tht answer

Answer 10

hmm...
let's make an equation then:\[f(x)=6.00x+\frac{6.00x}{25}, x\text{ being hours}\]and then solve for x=35:\[f(35)=6.00(35)+\frac{6.00(35)}{25}\]so how does this work out? same answer?

Answer 11

$210 is the hours times the hourly rate
the commission is 1/25 of 7500 or $300

Answer 12

OH
THAT'S WHAT A COMMISSION IS
My bad D:

Answer 13

well I guess that's all settled?

Answer 14

so what formula do i use?

Answer 15

okay so the equation is\[f(x)=6.00x+\frac{z}{25}\]x is the hours you worked and z is the money you made from selling books

Answer 16

Seems you need 2 formulas
weekly pay = hours worked * hourly rate = 35 * 6.00 = $210

Answer 17

I combined the formulas @wolf1728

Answer 18

So @katlin95, plug the x and z values in, what do you get c: ?

Answer 19

commission = total sales * 1/25
commission = 7,500 * .04 = $300

Answer 20

or\[y=6.00(35)+\frac{7500}{25}=210+300=$510\]

Answer 21

Double check your answer

Answer 22

wow! i see thanks!!!

Answer 23

thankyou guys!!

Answer 24

You're welcome :)
but if @wolf1728 hadn't told me what a commission was I would have gotten it wrong ^^;

Answer 25

okay katlin
and thanks kitti

Answer 26

You're welcome :)
@katlin95 do you need any more help? <:

Answer 27

yes!! i have posted another one, ill tag u:)