You earn $$ 13$ per hour plus a commission equal to $x$ percent of your sales as a cell phone sales representative.
What is your commission percentage $(x)$ if you work 8 hours with sales of $$ 1200$ worth of merchandise and your total earnings for the day is $$ 140$ ?

Answer

Expert–verified

Hide Steps

Answer

$x = 0.05$

Steps

Step 1 ： $e x t T o t a l E a r n i n g s = Hourly Earnings + Commission$

Step 2 ： $140 = 13 \times 8 + 1200 x$

Step 3 ： $x = 0.05$