Pre Algebra Chapter 7 [Percent] Help..

[Newbie!]

Hello, I'm totally lost in this chapter can anyone help in solving the below questions in a easy simple showing way so I can understand as I'm new in Pre algebra world and I’ll appreciate that.

- A Sales representative for a large furniture warehouse is paid a commission rate of 4%. Find her commission if she sold $1,329,401 worth of furniture last year.

- A sales person earned a commission of $1380.40 for selling $9860 worth of paper products. Find the commission rate.

-A $300 fax machine is on sale for 15% off. Find the amount of discount of the sale price

 

[LibertyIsNeededNow]

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- A Sales representative for a large furniture warehouse is paid a commission rate of 4%. Find her commission if she sold $1,329,401 worth of furniture last year./ 0.04 X 1,329,401=53,176.04/ You should probably round to the nearest tenth. I hope I'm right and this helps you! Tell me if it doesen't work.

 

[guitarguy]

Percent means parts per hundred. So if you have a percentage of something you multiply by the percent divided by one hundred.

Also, to find a percentage you take the part divided by the whole times one hundred.

In other words the percentage of something is that fraction expressed with one hundred in the denominator.

Hope this helps.