Question

Sales=$720 comission rate=5% commission= ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

$36

Step-by-step explanation:

A percent is always out of 100, no matter what.

If you need to find the percent of something try cross multipling like this.

x/720  x  5/100

5 x 720 = 3600

100x = 3600

divide 3600 by 100

and you get 36

Answer 2

Answer: $36

Step-by-step explanation:

a) we are looking for 5% of $720 or looking for how much commission was already taken which also means 5% of $720. Answer a = $36

as 10% = $72 and  5% = 72/2 = $36

b) If the question says what was the original amount if 5% the commission was taken already. Here we do answer b) = 105% of 720 =756  756-720 5% = 36 and we already found the answer to be $756 if being asked for an original sum.