commission: 5 percent first $2,000.00; 8 perc...

commission: 5 percent first $2,000.00; 8 percent over $2,000.00. find the total graduated commission on $7,740.00.

Answer

# Explanation: ## Step1: Calculate commission on first $2000 $2000\times 0.05$ ## Step2: Calculate amount over $2000 $7740 - 2000=5740$ ## Step3: Calculate commission on amount over $2000 $5740\times 0.08$ ## Step4: Calculate total commission $(2000\times 0.05)+(5740\times 0.08)$ $=100 + 459.2$ $=559.2$ # Answer: $559.2$