Asked by Callie

Mrs. Miller sells a house for $179,000. If she earns a commission of 6%, how much money does she earn? Write a porportion and show your work.
My answer
179,000/100=x/6
107400=100x
10,740=x
Am I right?
Thank you
Answered by Damon
6/100 = x /179,000

yes answer is 10,740 but you method is suspect
Answered by Callie
I didn't write it right?
Answered by Damon
I would not have written it your way, but your arithmetic is strange and I can not see how you got the right answer.

107400/100 = 1074 not 10740
but 10740 is correct
Answered by Damon
In real life I would not have done this as a proportion. I would have said
.06 * 179,000 = 10,740
Answered by Callie
But that's what Ms. Sue said how to write it to deliah. I don't understand how im supposed to write it.
Answered by Callie
How should I write it?
Answered by Damon
I would write
6/100 = x /179,000
Answered by Callie
Would I put x=10,740?
Answered by Damon
yes
100 x = 6 * 179,000 = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
Answered by Damon
or rather
100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
Answered by Callie
So I would put
6/100=x/179,000
100 x=6*179,000=6*1790=10,740
x=10,740
Answered by Callie
right?
Answered by Damon
That is the way I would do it :)
Answered by mista iced
Damon are u in connexus?
Answered by aplus helper
noooooooooo your wrong
Answered by Aria Salentonio
Hi my names Aria and im in connexus academy.
100 x = 6 * 179,000
x = 6 * 1790 = 10,740
The above is the right term to right this problem. Have a nice day *heart*
Answered by awesome guy
correct thank you so much
Answered by beachkitty4
thanks :)
Answered by i luv my ipadtouch
please explain, I'm sooooooo confused!!!!!!!!
Answered by smiggles
I got the answer from converting 6% into a decimal and dividing it by 100 to make 0.06 and then multiplying that with 179,000 to get 10,740. I don't understand why I would need to do any more than that to get the answer when I simply got it from converting the percent and multiplying it with 179,000?
Answered by stfu
i still dont get it, someone help
Answered by A Dumb Person
What do you mean you don't get it...
Just read all of the responses above, OR uSe YoUr BrAiN!
Geez it's not that hard
Answered by me too CONNEXUS
179,000/100 = x/6

1074000 = 100x

10,740 = x
Answered by ok bro I-
To solve it you need to set up a proportion right? Okay. 6%? It equals 6/100. Your other fraction is ???/179,000. Got that? Alright. Now, to solve a proportion, we need to cross multiply. Cross multiplying means you multiply a numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom number) of the other fraction, and they usually equal the same number. Which is what they want here. Which means we do 6 x 17900, which you get 1074000 for. Now, this is how we figure out “???”. Remember how I said the need to equal the same thing? Which means “???” is obviously 1074000 divided by 100 (since that’s the denominator of 6/100.). Your answer is 10740. I’ll come back and check this thread some other time to see if anyone needs help. Might as well help you guys show your work too, you need it <3
Answered by Really?
That really helped, thanks a lot!
Answered by ineedthemnow
there like a bunch of different answers
Answered by .
I've just been doing -
179,000 x 6 = 1,074,000
1,074,000 / 100 = 10,740


Answered by help me pls
so is the answer 10,740?
Answered by Anonymous
sorry i was wrong
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