A magazine sales person earns $250 a week plus a commission of 1/6 of the total sales. if the total sales for the week are $693 what is the total that the sales person earned

a. 115.50

b. 157.17

c. 365.50

d. 407.17

Based on the situation above, here is the solution:

Given: Total earnings of a sales person = $250 + 1/6 commission of the total sales

$693 = total sales for the week

? = total that the sales person earned

In order to get the answer, we need to get the 1/6 of 693 and the result is $115.50. Therefore, the correct answer would be option A.