Question

For every car you sell, you get a 6% commission. IF your total sales for the month is $125,650, what is your commission?

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Answer 1

Let x= total cost of cars y= total commission paid out for all cars sold

and 6%= 6/100 = .06 Usually, you want to change percents to decimals

Percents usually involve multiplication You are multiplying the cost of the cars by the commission.

Set up an equation: y= .06(x) Given: x= $125,650

Now, just substitute into the y= .06(x) Given: x= $125,650, and multiply $125,650 by .06, and you're done!

I hope that this helps!

Answer 2

Let
x= total cost of cars
y= total commission paid out for all cars sold

6%= 6/100 = .06

Set up an equation:
y= .06(x)

Given: x= $125,650

substitute into the y= .06(x)

multiply $125,650 by .06.

The answers would be: 7539


hope this helped :)