Question

A car salesperson had $79,327 in total monthly sales in July and $88,798 in August. The salesperson earned $2,890 in commission from those combined sales. What is the salesperson's commission as a percent of their total sales for the two months? Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, in the box. %

Answer 1

Total sales for the two months - July and August = 79,327 + 88798 = $168,125

The salesperson's commission in percentage =

`(2890)/(168125)*100\text{ = 17.187}\approx17.2\text{ \%}`