Question

Donald earns 4.5% commission all his sales. If the sale of a dryer earns him a $24 commission, find the sales price of the dryer, correct to the nearest dollar.

Answer 1

You can use this equation to solve: $x • 4.5%= $24

to figure it out you can divide: 24÷4.5%= 533.33333333
so the dryer is $533.34

You can test it by entering 533.34 into the first equasion. 533.34×4.5%=24.003