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Commercial agents earn 5% of the cost of each product they sell. If an agent earsn $2000 for selling a product, what was the cost of the product?

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Answer: 40,000

Explanation:

just because

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Answer: 40,000

Step-by-step explanation: 5 (the earnings) times twenty is 100 (the total cost) and if we substitute 5 for 2000, the total is 40,000.

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