Answer to Question #180807 in Financial Math for Heather Angus

Question

You are paid a base weekly salary of $362 and earn 6.5% commission on your sales at a furniture store. What is your total earnings for the year if you achieved a total sales of $231, 611.60?

Answer 1

a normal year has 52 weeks

yearly basic salary $=52\times362=18824$

commission$=\frac{6.5}{100}\times231611.60=15054.754$

total earning$=18824+15054.754$

$ $33878.754$