Question

Simpson Office Furniture pays Donald Hughes a $720 monthly salary plus a 10% commission on merchandise he sells each month. Assume Donald's sales were S28,800 for last month.

Answer 1

Since the office pays 720 dollars monthly

Since the office gives a 10% commission on the amount of selling

Then Donald will earn = 720 + 10% of x

Where x is the amount of selling

Since the amount of selling is 28800 dollars for the last month, then

Then x = 28800

$S=720+\frac{10}{100}(28800)$

Then

$\begin{gathered} S=720+2880 \\ S=3600 \end{gathered}$

Then Donald earned last month 3600 dollars