The earnings of two employees are given below: employee a.6% commission on all sales employee b.4% commission on the first $80,000 and 8% on anything over $80,000 how much more does a straight commission employee make than the graduated commission employee for sales of $100,000?

The straight commission employee (employee a) earns $ 1,200 more than the graduated commission employee (employee b) if both of them make a total of sales of $100,000.

Explanation:

The employee a has a commission of:

               6% of $ 100,000 = $ 100,000 . 0.06 = $ 6,000

The employee b has a commission of:

4% of $ 80,000 + 8% of 20,000 = 0.04 . $ 80,000 + 0.08 . $ 20,000 =

                                       $ 4,800

The difference between both employees is $ 6,000 - $ 4,800 = $ 1,200.

In conclusion:

The straight commission employee (employee a) earns $ 1,200 more than the graduated commission employee (employee b) for of $100.000 in total.