You are a sales representative for Dexcom, the San Diego based medical device company whose flagship product is DexPro, a continuous glucose monitoring $($CGM$)$ system for diabetes management.

Your Sales Bonus Plan for the quarter is Commission Based. The annual target bonus for your sales position $($and all other reps in the U$.$S$.)$ is $$32,000,$ however sales management has stressed numerous times that the plan is "Uncapped". Payouts for earned bonuses are paid out on a quarterly basis.

The DexPro sells for $$10,000\mathrm{.}00$ For the quarter just completed $($Q$22023)$ reps earned a $1\%$ commission for each unit sold. Your territory performance $($Phoenix$,$ AZ territory$)$ for the quarter was $95$ units $($you sold $95$ DexPro devices$).$ You must show your work below to receive point credit. Answer the following $2$ questions:

What was your $($commission$)$ bonus for Q$22023?$

Was your payout Higher OR Lower than the Target Payout for this time period?