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Duncan shares 20 percent of all of his sales commissions with his personal assistant. If Duncan earns x dollars in commissions and gives his assistant y dollars, which equation correctly models this situation? mc011-1.jpg

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X * (0.2)y

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User Retrospectacus
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x*0.2=y
if x = the total commissions, and 20% goes to his assistant, you would need to multiply your total sales commissions by 0.2 to find 20%, and that would be the total given to the assistant.
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