Billy makes a 6% commission on all his sales. Last week he sold $8,200 wort of merchandise. How much money did he earn in commission?

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eliza278 eliza278 · Answer 1 · 2024-05-23T16:47:48-04:00

$8,692.

6% increase means multiply by 1.06.

$8,200 x 1.06 = $8,692.

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skibbidi91 skibbidi91 · Answer 2 · 2024-05-23T16:50:23-04:00

Answer: Billy earned $492 in commission last week.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate Billy's commission earnings, we can use the formula:

Commission

=

Sales

×

Commission Rate

Commission=Sales×Commission Rate

Given that Billy makes a 6% commission on all his sales and he sold $8,200 worth of merchandise last week, we can plug in the numbers:

Commission

=

$

8

,

200

×

0.06

Commission=$8,200×0.06

Commission

=

$

492

Commission=$492