Question

Mrs Miller sells a house for 179,000. If she earns a commission of 6% how much money does she earn? Write a proportion and show your work. Please show step

Answer 1

10,740 money does she ean.

Explanation:

Given: Mrs Miller sells a house for 179,000.

She earns a commission of 6%.

we set up a proportions to find how much she earn.

Let x be the money does she earns then;

`(179000)/(100) =(x)/(6)`

Simplify:

`1790 = (x)/(6)`

Multiply both sides by 6 we get;

`1790 * 6 = x`

Simplify:

x = 10,740

Therefore, she earns money is, 10,740