Lewis earns a base salary of $150.00 every week with an additional 14% commission on everything he sells. Louis sold $6050.00 worth of items last week. What was Louis's total pay last week?

Respuesta :

Lewis total pay last week is $ 997

Solution:

Given that Lewis earns a base salary of $150.00 every week with an additional 14% commission on everything he sells

Louis sold $6050.00 worth of items last week

To find: Louis's total pay last week

Let us first find the commission earned by Lewis last week

commission earned = 14% on everything he sells

commission earned = 14% of $ 6050.00

[tex]\text { commission earned }=\frac{14}{100} \times 6050=847[/tex]

Thus Lewis earned a commission of $ 847

Total pay last week = base salary + commission earned

Total pay last week = 150.00 + 847 = 997

Thus Lewis total pay last week is $ 997

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