You earn a base salary of $2200 a month plus a sales commission ...
You earn a base salary of $2200 a month plus a sales commission ...
You earn a base salary of $2200 a month plus a sales commission ...
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8.6 Applications <strong>of</strong> PercentsCommission is money paid to a person or a company formaking a sale. It's usually a percent <strong>of</strong> the sale amount.<strong>You</strong> <strong>earn</strong> a <strong>base</strong> <strong>salary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>$2200</strong> a <strong>month</strong> <strong>plus</strong> a<strong>sales</strong> <strong>commission</strong> <strong>of</strong> 5%. <strong>You</strong>r total <strong>sales</strong> for one<strong>month</strong> were $20,000. Find your total pay for the<strong>month</strong>.<strong>You</strong> need to <strong>earn</strong> a total <strong>of</strong> $3950 next<strong>month</strong> in order to pay all <strong>of</strong> your bills.Write an equation and find the amountyour <strong>sales</strong> must be in order to <strong>earn</strong> $3950.
A realtor sold a house for $325,000.She <strong>earn</strong>s 6% <strong>commission</strong> on each sale.How much did the realtor <strong>earn</strong>?
A <strong>sales</strong>man <strong>earn</strong>ed $1500 when hesold a $50,000 car.What is percent <strong>commission</strong>?
Sales TaxThe <strong>sales</strong> tax rate is 6.75%.Find the amount <strong>of</strong> <strong>sales</strong> tax on a shirt that costs $29.50What is the total cost for the shirt?
Withholding Tax is a tax that is deducted from aperson's <strong>earn</strong>ings. It's an advance payment <strong>of</strong>income tax.Joe <strong>earn</strong>s $1070 each <strong>month</strong>.Of that, $160.50 is withheld for taxes.What percent <strong>of</strong> Joe's <strong>earn</strong>ings is withheld?
Charles works as a <strong>sales</strong>person at an electronics store.If he <strong>earn</strong>s $29.94 from a 6% <strong>commission</strong> on the sale<strong>of</strong> a video camera, what is the price <strong>of</strong> the camera?
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