Question

As a salesperson at scrapbooks and treasures, Alysse receives a monthly base pay plus commission on all that she sells. If she sells $400 worth of merchandise in one month, she is paid $388. If she sells $1,000 of merchandise in one month, she is paid $520. What is her salary if she sells 3,300 worth of merchandise.

Answer 1

So with a $600 difference on selling merchandise, there is a $132 difference in how much she earns. So basically, for every $100 she sells, she gets $22 in return. So if we multiply 22 by 23, we get 506, which is how much extra she is paid from selling $1000 to selling $3300. So just add 506 to 520, and you get $1026 as how much her salary is.

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