Duncan shares 20 percent of all of his his sales commissions with his personal assistant. If Duncan earns x dollars in commissio

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Elenna [48]

3 years ago

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Duncan shares 20 percent of all of his his sales commissions with his personal assistant. If Duncan earns x dollars in commissio

ns and gives his assistant y dollars, which equation correctly models this situation?

Mathematics

2 answers:

rjkz [21] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-18T22:32:00+03:00

rjkz [21]3 years ago

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Answer is x
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andrezito [222] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-18T21:31:15+03:00

andrezito [222]3 years ago

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The correct equation that models for this problem is x over y or x/y.
Let the following values be:

x - would be the money or commissions that Duncan earned.
y - would be the 20 percent that he gives his assistant