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.
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To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion to find the amount of money Mrs. Miller earns.
Let's represent the amount of money Mrs. Miller earns as "x".
We know that Mrs. Miller receives a commission of 6% of the selling price, which is $179,000. So, we can write this as:
(x / 179,000) = (6 / 100)
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply and then solve for x.
100x = 179,000 * 6
100x = 1,074,000
x = 1,074,000 / 100
x = 10,740
Therefore, Mrs. Miller earns $10,740 in commissions.