Question

7. A clothing salesman wants to earn $6,000 in May. He receives a base salary of $4,000 per month as well as 10%
commission for all sales in that month. How much clothing will he have to sell to earn the amount of money he
wants?

Answer 1

Answer:

No of clothes to be sold to gain $6000=20,000

Given:

Base salary = $4000

Rate of Commission = 10%

Amount salesman wants to earn in May = $6000

To find:

How much clothing units needed to be sold in order gain $6000 in may

Step by Step Explanation:

Solution;

According to the formula;

$\text { Amount earned through commission }=\text { Total amount earned - Base salary }$

=6000 - 4000 = 2000

Also we know,  

$\text { Amount earned through commission }=\text { Rate of Commission } \times \text { clothing to be sold }$

Let the commission amount be x

$10 \% \times x=2000$

$10 / 100 \times x=2000$

$0.1 \times x=2000$

$x=20,000 \div 0.1$

x=20,000

Result:

Hence, the clothing to be sold in order to earn $6000 is 20,000 units.