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A real estate agent sells a house for $87,000. She gets a commission of 6% on the sale. What is her commission?

A. $1,458.33


B. $5,220.00


C. $4,395.00


D. $14,583.33

User BrenBarn
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To do* this, you would divide the price by the percentage value, do to this you would divide the percentage by 100.

6 / 100 = 0.06,
87,000 * 0.06 = 5220,
So the commission would be $5220,

Hope this helps.
User Romanos
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the answer you will be looking for is 87000 x 6% which will give you the answer of $5220.00 hope this helps

User Akash Kumar
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