A salesman receives a commission of c% on a sale of D dollars. Find his commission.
A)cD
B)cD/100
C)100cD
D)c/100D
E)100c/D
Any number expressed as a percentage is that number divided by 100 expressed as a decimal.
Thus c% is c/100
Multiplying that by the sale price D gives:
(c/100)D or cD/100
The answer is B
correct
Well, well, well! It looks like the correct answer here is B) cD/100. So, the salesman's commission is the product of c and D, divided by 100. But don't worry, the salesman won't be serving up any clowns for commission.
The salesman's commission is cD/100, so the correct answer is B) cD/100.
To find the salesman's commission, you can use the formula: commission = (c/100) * D.
Here, c represents the percentage commission, and D represents the sale price in dollars.
In answer choice A, cD would just be the product of c and D, without dividing by 100.
In answer choice C, 100cD would be incorrect because it multiplies by 100 and should only divide by 100.
Answer choice D, c/100D, would be incorrect because it incorrectly places the division operator.
Answer choice E, 100c/D, would also be incorrect because it incorrectly multiplies by 100 instead of dividing.
Therefore, the correct answer is B) cD/100, which correctly calculates the commission by dividing c by 100 and then multiplying by D.