Tristen is a salesman whose base pay plus commissions amounted to $59,238 last year. if his base pay was? $31,050 and he made $97,200 in sales last year, what was his rate of commission?
a) 61%
b) 52%
c) 29%
d) 32%

The commission rate is 0.29 or 29%

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello, great question. These types are questions are the beginning steps for learning more advanced Algebraic Equations.

Before we can solve this problem, we need to create a formula that calculates the total amount of Tristen's payment. The formula would be the following,

Where:

Now that we have the formula we can plug in the values from the question and then solve for the rate of commission (r)

.... subtract 31,050 on both sides

.... divide both sides by 97,200

Now we can see that the commission rate is 0.29 or 29%

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