Mrs.Miller is selling a house for $179,000. If she earns a commission of 6%, how much money does she earn? Please write a proportion.
179,000/x = 100/6
Cross multiply and solve for x.
To find out how much money Mrs. Miller earns as a commission, we can set up a proportion.
Let's use the following proportion:
Commission / Sale Price = Commission Rate / 100%
We know that Mrs. Miller is earning a commission of 6% and the sale price is $179,000.
Plugging the values into the proportion, we get:
Commission / $179,000 = 6% / 100%
To find the commission, we need to solve for the "Commission" part of the proportion.
First, let's convert the commission percentage to a decimal by dividing it by 100:
6% / 100 = 0.06
Now we can rewrite the proportion:
Commission / $179,000 = 0.06
To solve for the commission amount, we can multiply both sides of the proportion by the sale price, $179,000:
Commission = $179,000 * 0.06
Calculating the value, we have:
Commission = $10,740
Therefore, Mrs. Miller earns a commission of $10,740.