Question

A salesperson sells $2800 in merchandise and earns a commission of $364.Find the commission rate. Write your answer as a percentage.

Answer 1

To find the comission rate we just have to divide the total comission by the total amount of merchandise sold. The comission was $364 and the amount of merchandise sold was $2800.

`(364)/(2800)=0.13`

Then, to rewrite a decimal as a percentage, we just need to multiply the number by 100.

`0.13=(0.13*100)/(100)=(13)/(100)=13\%`

The comission rate is 13%.