If a product has a sales commission, then one must divide the commission percent by (100) to convert the percent to a decimal. Then multiply the result by the price of the product to find the amount of money that will be given as a commission.
Applying this knowledge to the given problem, one must divide (9%) by (100) to convert to decimal form,
9% / 100 = 0.09
Now multiply the result by the price of the product (245) to find the amount given away in commission,
The pet store has 12 reptiles. 5/12 reptiles are turtles, so 5 reptiles are turtles 2/12 reptiles are snakes, so 2 reptiles are snakes 5 plus 2 is 7 12 minus 7 is 5 there are 5 lizards 5/12 of the reptiles are lizards