Need Help with Percentage! Thanks.

[MathClown007]

An Ad Agency received $6225 in commission on a magazine space order. The commission was 6% of the space cost. What was the full cost of the magazine ad?

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[stapel]

An Ad Agency received $6225 in commission on a magazine space order. The commission was 6% of the space cost.

To learn how to set up and solve "percentage" exercises, try here. Once you have studied the lesson and learned the basic terms and techniques, translate the given relationship:

. . . . .(commission) is (six percent) of (space cost)

...into an equation. Solve for the space cost.

What was the full cost of the magazine ad?

Add the two costs to get the total cost.