Question

A boat salesperson earns 2.5% commission on the sale of each boat. Find the commission earned on a boat that sells for $18,500.................please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

18,500 x .025 = 462.5
So the commission is $462.50
the .o25 is just the decimal form of the percent so when you want to find the percent of something in a problem like this move the decimal two spots left and do what i did there