A certain company gives its salespeople a bonus every six months. This bonus is calculated by averaging (taking the mean of) the four middle monthly sales values (that is, ignoring the highest and lowest) from the six-month window, taking 12% of the result, and splitting it evenly among the salespeople. The graph below shows sales for the most recent bonus period.
If there are five salespeople, how much money will each one receive, to the nearest dollar?
a.
$556
b.
$525
c.
$510
d.
$486