Question

1. Mr. Corbin is a salesman. He gets a 5% commission on all sales between $100 and $500 and a 10% commission on sales of $783 was:

2. Of the students who tried out for the baseball team, 1/8 tried out as catchers, 1/3 as infielders, and 1/4 as outfielders. The fraction of the students who tried out as pitchers was:

Answer 1

#2. Assuming all the rest tried out for pitcher, then we have

1/8 + 1/3 + 1/4 = 17/24

So, the remaining 7/24 must have tried out for pitcher.

#1 is garbled.

Answer 2

what is garbled?

Answer 3

OHH i typed it wrong:
Mr. Corbin is a salesman. He gets a 5% commission on all sales between $100 and $500 and a 10% commission on all sales above $500. His commission on sales of $783 was:

Answer 4

read it. The last sentence makes no sense.