Amagazine 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.