Frederick works at a Designer Shoe store in New York City, where he earns 5% commission in addition to his $550 weekly salary. What were Frederick's sales, if he made $750 in commission? How much will he make all together?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
Frederick works at a Designer Shoe store in New York City, where he earns 5% commission in addition to his $550 weekly salary.
Determine Frederic Sales, if he made $750 in commission, and determine how much will he make all together.
Solution:
To determine Frederic Sales, we need to divide 750 by the decimal value of 5%. Thus, we must first convert the percentage to decimal. In converting a percentage into decimal, divide the percentage by 100, hence in converting a decimal to percentage, multiply the percentage by 100.
= 5/100
= 0.05
= $750/0.05
= $15000
In order to determine how much Frederick made, we add $750 with his weekly salary which is $550.
= $750 + $550
= $1300
Final answer:
Frederick made $15,000 in sales.
Frederick earned a total of $1300.