Piecework, Royalties - Questions
Simon a blues singer earns 4% for each song downloaded and 7% of sales of his latest album. In 1 month 1,200,000 of his songs were downloaded at $1.60 each and 700,000 copies of his album at $18.50 each. Calculate
(i) The value of Simon's royalties from song downloads for a month
(ii) Simon's total royalties from album sales and song downloads for a month
An author earns 12% in royalties on the sale of his novels.
(i) If 24,000 copies were sold for $24 calculate the author's royalty payment.
(ii) The price of the book was dropped by 10% and 30,000 copies were sold, calculate the authors royalty payment.
A dressmaker charges $24.00 for major alterations and $13.50 for minor alterations. If in one week she completes 16 major alterations and 27 minor alterations, determine her hourly rate if she took 15 hours to complete all the alterations in that week.