The fraction is 156/468 and the percentage is 33 percent
1. Given any triangle ABC with sides BC=a, AC=b and AB=c, the following are true :
i) the larger the angle, the larger the side in front of it, and the other way around as well. (Sine Law) Let a=20 in, then the largest angle is angle A.
ii) Given the measures of the sides of a triangle. Then the cosines of any of the angles can be found by the following formula:
a^{2}=b ^{2}+c ^{2}-2bc(cosA)
2.
20^{2}=9 ^{2}+13 ^{2}-2*9*13(cosA) 400=81+169-234(cosA) 150=-234(cosA) cosA=150/-234= -0.641
3. m(A) = Arccos(-0.641)≈130°,
4. Remark: We calculate Arccos with a scientific calculator or computer software unless it is one of the well known values, ex Arccos(0.5)=60°, Arccos(-0.5)=120° etc
This can be done easily in a few ways. One, you could do equivelent fractions as this. 16 percent is the same as 16 over 100, or, 16/100, 100 being the total with an = sign with X over 550, or, X/550. you can multiply 16 by 500 and divide by 100 to get $88. Or you could do it my way, (prefered way). take the $550, divide it by 100, then multiply by 16 and get $88. either way you do this, you take away the $88 from $550 and get the sale price of [Drumroll please...]
<em><u>462 Dollars!</u></em>
Divide commission amount by percentage:
83.50 / 0.40 = 208.75
Sales must be $208.75