Question

A real estate agent received a 6% commission on the selling price of a house. If his commission was $8,880, what was the selling price of the house?

Answer 1

@johnweldon1993 @rishavraj @TheSmartOne @iGreen

Answer 2

Basically, your question is : 6% of what = 8880
do you know how to solve that ?

Answer 3

hmmm..yes

Answer 4

532.8

Answer 5

no..
6% of what = 8880
.06x = 8880
x = 8880/.06
x = ??

Answer 6

idk tehn

Answer 7

S is selling price .06 x S = 8880, then S= 8880 / .06.

Answer 8

just divide : 8880/.06 and what do you get ?

Answer 9

148000

Answer 10

now lets check..
6% of 14800 = 8800
.06(14800) = 8800
8800 = 8800 (correct)

so the selling price is $14800...he made 6% of it, and made $8800

Answer 11

okay :)

Answer 12

thx

Answer 13

:) glad to help

Answer 14

correct. :)