Mrs. Miller sells a house for $179,000. If she earns a commission of 6%, how much money does she earn? Write a porportion and show your work.
My answer
179,000/100=x/6
107400=100x
10,740=x
Am I right?
Thank you
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100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
The above is the right term to right this problem. Have a nice day *heart*
So I would put
6/100=x/179,000
100 x=6*179,000=6*1790=10,740
x=10,740
6/100 = x /179,000
yes answer is 10,740 but you method is suspect
To solve it you need to set up a proportion right? Okay. 6%? It equals 6/100. Your other fraction is ???/179,000. Got that? Alright. Now, to solve a proportion, we need to cross multiply. Cross multiplying means you multiply a numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom number) of the other fraction, and they usually equal the same number. Which is what they want here. Which means we do 6 x 17900, which you get 1074000 for. Now, this is how we figure out “???”. Remember how I said the need to equal the same thing? Which means “???” is obviously 1074000 divided by 100 (since that’s the denominator of 6/100.). Your answer is 10740. I’ll come back and check this thread some other time to see if anyone needs help. Might as well help you guys show your work too, you need it <3
I got the answer from converting 6% into a decimal and dividing it by 100 to make 0.06 and then multiplying that with 179,000 to get 10,740. I don't understand why I would need to do any more than that to get the answer when I simply got it from converting the percent and multiplying it with 179,000?
yes
100 x = 6 * 179,000 = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
I would write
6/100 = x /179,000
i still dont get it, someone help
or rather
100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
179,000/100 = x/6
1074000 = 100x
10,740 = x