I have no clue HOW to do this kind of problem, I don't want the answer, I just want an explanation.
Here is the question: Carla gets a base salary of $15,000 per year plus 5% commission on every house that she sells. If she sold $900,000 in homes last year, what was her final salary?
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Multiply
0.05 * 900,000 = ______ commission
Add the commission to the base salary to find her total salary.
To find Carla's final salary, we need to calculate the base salary and the commission she earned from selling houses.
First, let's calculate the commission she earned. We know that Carla earned a 5% commission on every house she sold. Since she sold $900,000 in homes, we need to find 5% of $900,000.
To calculate this, you can multiply the total amount of homes sold ($900,000) by the commission rate (5%). To do this, you can convert the commission rate to a decimal by dividing it by 100. This gives us:
Commission = $900,000 * (5/100) = $45,000
Therefore, Carla earned a commission of $45,000.
Now, let's calculate Carla's final salary by adding her base salary and the commission she earned:
Final Salary = Base Salary + Commission
Substituting the values, we have:
Final Salary = $15,000 + $45,000 = $60,000
Therefore, Carla's final salary is $60,000.