Question

demetrius is a salesman whose base pay plus commissions amounted to 51,162 last year. if his was 26,610 and he made 79200 in sales last year, what is his rate of commission ? 31% 34% 52% 65%

Answer 1

Base pay + (commission rate)(amount made in sales) = 51,162, which was his total salary

Plug in base pay and sales amount and Solve for commission rate

Answer 2

im confused i dont know how to get it to a percentage

Answer 3

Base pay = 26610
Amount in sales = 79200

Plugging in

26610 + (commission rate)(79200) = 51,162

Solve for commission rate
Then multiply by 100 to convert to a %

Answer 4

the commission rate is one of those percents and idk how to get that

Answer 5

Like I just said, solve the equation for commission rate

Answer 6

26610 + (commission rate(79200) = 51,162

Subtract 26610 from both sides

Answer 7

is 31% right

Answer 8

Yeah