A salesperson receives a weekly salary of $500. In addition, $5 is paid for every item sold in excess of 200 items. How much extra is received from the sale of 215 items?

total amount he will receive $75 extra

Explanation:

from the information given in the question we have

for every extra item he sold he will get $5 extra. therefore total number of extra item sold will be

= 215 - 200 = 15

15 extra item. thus for this extra item extra amount he will received is calculated as

extra amount will be

= (215 - 200) * 5

= $75

total amount he will receive $75 extra