Juan ramirez sells suits in a major department store on weekends. he earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits, and if he sells more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits. last weekend juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each. what was his commission? a. $147.50 b. $210.40 c. $185.00 d. $260.00

Given

He earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits.

he sells more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits

Last weekend Juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each.

Find out Juan Ramirez commission

To proof

As given in the question

Juan sold 13 suits at a price of $250 each

13 suit selling price = 13 × 250

                               = $ 3250

As given

He earns a commission of 5 percent on the first 10 suits.

and for more than 10, he earns an additional 3 percent on the additional suits

Juan Ramirez sells 13 suit which are more than the 10 suits

Hence  

commission percent for the 13 suits = 8 %

First write 8% in the decimal form

=0.08

Than commission on the 13 suits = 0.08 × 3250  

                                                       = $260.

Therefore option ( D) is correct.

Hence proved

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