Question

You are a real estate agent. For every house you sell you earn 3.8% commission. This month you sold 2 houses that had a combined total of $560,950. How much commission will you earn?

Answer 1

$ 134,628

Explanation:

1. make 3.8 into a percent round decimal to the right 2 times

2.multiply the total with the percent

3.solve

4.take answer and subtracted from the total

5.solve

6. subtract the number you got from the first solution problem from the last problen solution

7.solve

Answer 2

Answer: $21,316.1

Explanation:

Given : For every house you sell you earn 3.8% commission.

Which can be written as 0.038.

This month you sold 2 houses that had a combined total of $560,950

Then, the amount of commission you will earn is given by :-

`\$560,950*0.038=\$21,316.1`

Therefore, the you will earn $21,316.1 as commission.