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Mr. Smith earns 6% commission on every house he sells. If he earns 9,000, what was the price of the house?

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Do 9000 times 94%
Add it to 9000
Total sum is your answer
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commission = 0.06*(sale price) . . . . the relation given in the problem statement
$9000/0.06 = sale price . . . . . . . . .. divide by 0.06
150,000 = sale price . . . . . . . . . . . . . evaluate

The price of the house was $150,000.
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