Question

Tristen is a salesman whose base pay plus commissions amounted to $59,238 last year. if his base pay was? $31,050 and he made $97,200 in sales last year, what was his rate of commission?
a) 61%
b) 52%
c) 29%
d) 32%

Answer 1

the answer to your question is 29%

Answer 2

Answer:

The commission rate is 0.29 or 29%

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello, great question. These types are questions are the beginning steps for learning more advanced Algebraic Equations.

Before we can solve this problem, we need to create a formula that calculates the total amount of Tristen's payment. The formula would be the following,

$T = b + (r*s)$

Where:

• T is the total pay
• b is the base pay
• r is the rate of commission
• s is the total sales

Now that we have the formula we can plug in the values from the question and then solve for the rate of commission (r)

$59,238 = 31,050 + (r*97,200)$ .... subtract 31,050 on both sides

$28,188= r*97,200$ .... divide both sides by 97,200

$0.29 = r$

Now we can see that the commission rate is 0.29 or 29%

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