Question

A furniture store salesman had $15,200 in total monthly sales last month. He made $912 in commission from those sales.

Answer 1

We need to find out what percentage $912 is of $15 200. The answer is 6%, if I'm understanding the question correctly.

Answer 2

Answer

Find out the what is the salesman's commission as a percent of his total monthly sales.

To prove

Formula

$Percentage = \frac{Part\ value\times100}{Total\ value}$

As given

A furniture store salesman had $15,200 in total monthly sales last month.

He made $912 in commission from those sales.

Here

Part value = $912

Total value =  $15,200

put in the formula

$Percentage = \frac{912\times 100}{15200}$

solve the above equation

$Percentage = \frac{91200}{15200}$

Percenatge = 6 %

Therefore the  salesman's commission is 6% of his total monthly sales .