Question

Write a proportion and show work

Answer 1

$10,740

Explanation:

You know that Mrs. Miller sells a house for $179,000. Then the cost of the house will be the 100%.

Knowing that she earns 6% of comission, you can set up the following proportion (Let be "x" the amount of money she earns), then:

`(\$179,000)/(100)=(x)/(6)`

Now you need to solve for "x". Therefore, you get:

`(6)((\$179,000)/(100))=x`

`x=\$10,740`

Answer 2

for this case we must write a proportion that shows the earnings obtained from Mrs. Miller for the sale of the house.

By making a rule of three we have:

179000 ------------> 100%

x -----------------------> 6%

Where "x" represents the gains obtained.

So:

`x = \frac {6 * 179000} {100}`

Writing the proportion:

`\frac {x} {179000} = \frac {6} {100}`

The earns were:

`x = 10740`

ANswer:

`\frac {x} {179000} = \frac {6} {100}\\x = 10740`