Nigay earns a biweekly salary of 830 plus 11 commission on net ...

[joesmith1212]

Nigay earns a biweekly salary of 830 plus 11 commission on net sales over 5,000. His total sales in the past two weeks were 16,390 with 2,560 in returned sales. What are Nigay's gross earnings for the two-week period?

Question 2

Sue Raymore earns a weekly salary of 225 plus 23 commission on net sales over 1,500. Her total sales last week were 3,789 with 147.00 returned sales. What are Sue's gross earnings for the week?

[jsm54321]

Answer to Question 1

1,801.30;
16,390 - 5,000 = 11,390; 11,390 - 2,560 = 8,830;
8,830  0.11 = 971.30; 830 + 971.30 = 1,801.30

Answer to Question 2

717.66;
3,789 - 1,500 = 2,289; 2,289 - 147 = 2,142;
2,142  0.23 = 492.66; 225.00 + 492.66 = 717.66

[joesmith1212]

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