SOLUTION: A rental agent for vacations houses in southern Spain earns a flat amount of base pay per month plus a 7.5% commission on rentals sold during that month. One month he earns $5575
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Question 22358: A rental agent for vacations houses in southern Spain earns a flat amount of base pay per month plus a 7.5% commission on rentals sold during that month. One month he earns $5575 on rental sales of $45,000.00. What is his base monthly pay? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let his base pay be "x".
Then x+ 0.075(45000)=5575
Solve for "x" to find the bases pay.
Cheers,
Stan H.