Question 6.2.7: Maureen O’Connor sells food and bakery products to businesse......

Maureen O’Connor sells food and bakery products to businesses such as Starbucks and is paid as follows based on monthly sales.

Find O’Connor’s earnings if she has sales of $32,768 during a two-week interval.

Sales Rate
Up to $10,000 6%
$10,001–$20,000 8%
$20,001 and up 9%
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\begin{matrix} \$32,768 & \mathbf{\leftarrow total  sales} & \\ \underline{ -10,000} & \mathbf{\leftarrow first \$10,000 \rightarrow} & \$10,000  at  6\% & = \$600.00 \\ \$22,768 & & \\\underline{-10,000}& \mathbf{ \leftarrow\ next\ \$10,000 \rightarrow} & \$10,000  at  8\% & = \$800.00 \\ \$12,768 &\ \mathbf{\leftarrow\ over \$10,000 \rightarrow } &\underline{\$12,768}  at  9\% & = \underline{\$1149.12} \\ & & ~~~~~~~~~~~\mathbf{\$32,768  total  sales} & \mathbf{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\$2549.12  total  commission} \end{matrix}

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