Question

steven earns $12 an hour plus a 15% commission rom every sale that he makes. during a two-week period. steven worked 80 hours and had sold a total of $1,300 in sales. what was the total amount of stevens paycheck for the two-week period? Show your work
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Answer 1

Start by finding what is 15% of $1300 like this: 0.15 * $1300 = $195

Next find out how much money was made for the 80 hours worked:
80 * $12 = $960

Now add them up: $195 + $960 = $1155

So Steven's total paycheck for the two week period is $1155.