Sandy works at a clothing store. She makes $6 per hour plus earns 15% commission on her sales. She worked 79 hours over the last two weeks and had a total of $2,682 in sales before taxes.

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Kaiden Lloyd

Mathematics

19 February, 10:17

Sandy works at a clothing store. She makes $6 per hour plus earns 15% commission on her sales. She worked 79 hours over the last two weeks and had a total of $2,682 in sales before taxes.

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Daniella Lam · Answer 1

Per hour Sandy earns (together with commission):

8 + 0.15*8 = 1.15*8 = $9.2 per hour

for the 74 hours worked she will earn total of:

74*9.2 = $680.8

Answer: $592 is the closest.