Question

Walter Slater sells appliances and earns 2.5% commission in addition to his salary. Last month he sold

$63,000 in appliances. How much was his commission check?

Answer 1

1575

Explanation:

Comment

You are just asked to figure out the commission. The rule is to place 100 underneath what is given as the %. In effect, % = x / 100 in decimal form. In this case x = 2.5

So the % is 2.5/100 = 0.025 as a decimal

So commission is 63000 * 0.025 = $1575 commission