A salesman makes both a base salary and also a commission, which is a percentage of what he sells. Each month, if his sales total s dollars, he makes a total of 2,000 + 0.1s dollars. What does 2,000 represent?

Question

A. his monthly base salary in dollars
B. the amount of his monthly sales in dollars
C. his total monthly pay in dollars
D. his monthly commission in dollars

Answer 1

The expression for the salesman's total earnings is given as \(2000 + 0.1s\) dollars, where \(s\) represents the total sales in dollars.

In this equation:

• The term \(2000\) is a fixed amount that does not depend on sales.
• The term \(0.1s\) represents the commission, which is 10% of the sales.

Thus, the \(2000\) in the equation represents the base salary that the salesman earns each month, regardless of his sales.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

A. his monthly base salary in dollars