A cell phone distributor earns a yearly salary of $28,000 plus a 17.5% commission on sales. How do you find the total earnings for a year when the sales are $38,000?

Kamden Larson

Kamden Larson

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2022-10-25

A cell phone distributor earns a yearly salary of $28,000 plus a 17.5% commission on sales. How do you find the total earnings for a year when the sales are $38,000?

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silenthunter440

silenthunter440

Beginner2022-10-26Added 19 answers

The key ot this problem is to use the 17.5% percent commission to figure out how much money the distributor would make from sales alone.
A 17.5% commission means that the distributor gets $17.5 for every $100 worth of sales.
This means that the sales alone would bring him
38 , 000 $ sales $17.5 100 $ sales = $ 6 , 460
If you take into account his salary, the distributor's total earnings will amount to
earnings=$28,000+$6,460=$34,460

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