Question

Lin is shopping for a couch with her dad and hears him ask the salesperson, "How much is your commission?" The salesperson says that her commission is 5% of the selling price, How much commission will the salesperson earn by selling a couch for $4957 Round your answer to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

We have the following:

To calculate the value of the commission, we must multiply the value of the purchase by the percentage of the commission, in the following way:

`4957\cdot(5)/(100)=247.85`

Therefore, the answer is $247.85