Bloro appliances is pushing a new model of dishwasher. it costs bloro $71.22 to put each dishwasher on the sales floor, but they can sell the dishwashers for $285.50 apiece. bloro has three primary salespeople, each of whom earns a different commission per dishwasher sold. their sales data for the past six months is shown below.
salesperson sold commission/sale
rick 114 $47.50
carl 176 $62.75
lee 96 $51.35
in order to stock the dishwashers, bloro appliances had to sign a contract which included costs of $15,975. how much profit did bloro appliances gain from sales of these dishwashers over the past six months?
a. $72,839.40
b. $66,737.08
c. $61,320.68
d. $45,348.48